Tahar Tamsamani is a Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 who participated in three Olympic tournaments. He was born in Marrakech

Marrakech

Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...

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Olympic Games performances

In 2000, when Sydney

Sydney

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 hosted the Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

, Tamsamani won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) division, after falling in the semi finals to Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

's Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Bekzat Sattarkhanov was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal....

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At the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

 where he also started for his native North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

n country he was defeated in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

's Sam Rukundo

Sam Rukundo

Sam Rukundo is a boxer from Uganda, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country...

. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to January 22, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria...

 in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Tunisia's Taoufik Chouba.

At the 2008 Olympic qualifier he lost to Hamza Kramou

Hamza Kramou

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 but won the third place bout and therefore qualified for his third Olympics. In Beijing

Beijing

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 he lost to Domenico Valentino

Domenico Valentino

Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...

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Olympic results

2000

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Park Heung-min (South Korea) 21-14
• Defeated Israel Héctor Perez
  Israel Héctor Perez
  Israel Héctor Enrique Perez is a featherweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Nicknamed "Cachito" he made his professional debut in 2003. He won eight professional bouts in a row, before being losing by split decision John...
  
   (Argentina) 21-18
• Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov
  Bekzat Sattarkhanov
  Bekzat Sattarkhanov was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal....
  
   (Kazakhstan) 10-22

2004

• Lost to Sam Rukundo
  Sam Rukundo
  Sam Rukundo is a boxer from Uganda, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country...
  
   (Uganda) 22-30

2008

• Lost to Domenico Valentino
  Domenico Valentino
  Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  5-14

External links

• Biography at sports-reference.com