Rachid Rguig
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| Nationality | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1980 | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||
Event | 66 kg | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachid Rguig (Arabic: رشيد رجوغ; born September 1, 1980) is a Moroccan judoka who competed in the half-lightweight category.[1] He won a silver medal in his division at the 2009 African Judo Championships in Port Louis, Mauritius, and bronze at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.[2][3]
Rguig represented Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He received a bye in the second preliminary round match, before losing out, by an ippon (full point) and a juji gatame (back-lying perpendicular armbar), to France's Benjamin Darbelet.[4] Because his opponent advanced to the final match, Rguig was offered another chance to compete for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, he was defeated in his first match by Canada's Sasha Mehmedovic, who successfully scored a waza-ari awasete ippon (full point) and a kata gatame (shoulder hold), at two minutes and thirty-six seconds.[5][6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rachid Rguig". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "2008 African Championships – Agadir, Morocco". Judo Inside. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "2009 African Championships – Port Louis, Mauritius". Judo Inside. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Canadian judoka Mehmedovic ousted by Russian". CBC Sports. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
External links
- Rachid Rguig at JudoInside.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile