Djegui Bathily

Djegui Bathily
Personal information
Nationality Senegalese
Born (1977-02-25) 25 February 1977
Weight 141 kg (311 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) +100 kg

Djegui Bathily (born February 25, 1977) is a Senegalese judoka, who played for the heavyweight category.[1] He won two bronze medals for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.[2][3]

Bathily represented Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out, by two yuko and a non-combativity technique (P29), to U.S. judoka Daniel McCormick.[4][5]

References

  1. "Djegui Bathily". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. "Jeux Africains d'Alger: 13 médailles pour le Sénégal dont 1 or, 5 argent et 7 bronze" [African Games, Algiers: 13 medals for Senegal with 1 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze] (in Italian). Xibar Multimedia. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. "2008 African Championships – Agadir, Morocco". Judo Inside. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Heavyweight (+100kg/+220 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. Mihoces, Gary (15 August 2008). "McCormick moves 'Mountain' in judo's big day". USA Today. Retrieved 25 January 2013.


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