Tarek Benaissa

Tarek Benaissa

Benaissa (red) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Tarek Aziz Benaissa[1]
Nationality  Algeria
Born (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991
Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria[2]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club Centre Arbee[1]
Coached by Rabbah Chebbah[1]
Bendjada Maazouz
Aoune Faycal[4]

Tarek Aziz Benaissa (Arabic: طارق عزيز بن عيسى; born 7 April 1991) is a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Algeria who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. In 2012 he received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out to Zaur Kuramagomedov, who scored one point each in two straight periods, leaving Benaissa without a single point.[5] At the 2016 Rio Olympics Benaissa was eliminated in quarterfinals.[3] At the 2015 World Wrestling Championships he lost a bronze medal match to Davor Štefanek.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tarek Benaissa". London 2012.
  2. "Tarek Benaissa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 Tarek Aziz Benaissa. rio2016.com
  4. Tarek Aziz Benaissa. nbcolympics.com
  5. "Men's 60kg Greco-Roman 1/8 Finals". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.


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