Newfel Ouatah
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Algeria |
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| Men's Boxing | |||
| All-Africa Games | |||
| Silver | 2007 Algiers | Super Heavyweight | |
Newfel Ouatah (b. November 08/1985 in Lyon) is a French-Algerian amateur boxer best known to win silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers at super heavyweight.
[edit] Career
The lanky (1,98m) puncher won the bronze medal 2004 at the junior world championships when he lost to Robert Alfonso. He became 2005 and 2006 French champion at 201 lbs by beating John M'Bumba.
In 2007 he lost to him, went up a division and started fighting for Algeria where he immediately won a silver medal at the All Africa games losing to Emad Abdelhalim Ali 8:17.
In 2008 he qualified for the Olympics by beating Moroccan Mohamed Amanissi 21:8 in a qualifier.
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