Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.[2]

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native nameنهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 37)
Sfax, Tunisia
OccupationJudoka
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ.Bronze (2017)
African Champ.Gold × 18 times
Medal record
Profile at external databases
IJF822
JudoInside.com33015
Updated on 26 June 2023

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman.[1]

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5][6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9]

She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sports reference profile
  2. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Beijing 2008 78kg heavyweight women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Judo". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ "2019 African Games Judo Medalists". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ^ Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Nihel Cheikh Rouhou - Player Profile - Judo".
  10. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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