Mebarek Soltani

Mebarek Soltani
Personal information
Full name Mebarek Soltani
Nationality  Algeria
Born April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10) (age 29)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 51 kilograms (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Featherweight

Mebarek Soltani (born April 10, 1982) is a boxer from Algeria. He is the nephew of Hocine Soltani.

He participated in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. In 2000 he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) competition. In 2004 he was stopped in the first round of the flyweight (– 51 kg) division by Russia's Georgy Balakshin.

Soltani won the bronze medal in the same division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he lost to home fighter Hicham Mesbahi.

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