Lyes Bouyacoub Judoka

Lyes Bouyacoub

Country:Algeria
Born:3 April 1983 (36 years)
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Lyes Bouyacoub of Algeria was 3rd at 2007 World Military Championships. Bouyacoub won the African Games in Brazzaville in 2015 U100kg. He won World Cups in Port Louis, Casablanca and Wollongong. Bronze at the African Open in Casablanca in 2016. He won silver at African Championships in 2016. He will make his eighth challenge for World Championships honours in Baku. The African Championships silver medallist has won Grand Prix bronze in 2010 and Grand Slam bronze in 2014.

Old African generation hard to topple at flagship event

27 Apr 2019 19:45

As expected in our preview of the African Championships Algeria and Tunisia became the strongest nations of Africa, both collected four titles in Cape Town followed by Egypt, also not a surprise with three gold medals. The details of the surprises can be found in the names and order of the medals. Read more

Botswana ecstatic over first African Open gold medal

26 Nov 2018 11:00

It was a legendary African Open this weekend for Botswana. Although Algeria was clearly the best nation at the African Open in Yaounde this weekend with 8 gold medals, there was lots more to celebrate for other less typically strong judo nations. Read more

Nadjib Temmar the big man in Algerian judo team

15 Apr 2017 17:20

With seven gold medals Algeria was clearly the leading nation of Africa this weekend. At the African Championship in Madagascar the team took seven gold medals, just as much as the 2011 edition. With 18 medals in total also the amount of medals was a clear success. Read more

Egyptian men capture two titles at African Championships

8 Apr 2016 20:55

The plus category at the African Championships in Tunisia delivered the expected winners and both for the host nation Tunisia. Faicel Jaballah had won two African Games and today he added his 7th African Championships title. This time against Mohammed Tayeb (ALG). Although the final wasn’t worth watching with 4 penalties Jaballah won 2 seconds for the end by hansokumake. Read more

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African Judo Championships help qualifying for Rio2016

8 Apr 2016 03:45

Athletes from 31 nations will fight for the essential Qualification Points to participate at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The African Championships in Tunis are more important than ever and in the 14 weight classes each point can help the athletes to Rio. Last year at the African Championships the current host Tunisia was amazingly strong picking 50% of all 16 available medals including Open category. Eight titles for the current host nation rises the expectations. Tunisia and Algeria ended equal in the men’s division but in the women Tunisia won with 5 gold medals. Read more