Full name Haykel Al-Achouri Name Haykel Achouri Events Greco-Roman wrestling Coached by Berberuv Neshu Weight 84 kg | Sport Wrestling Height 1.86 m Nationality Tunisia Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 29 August 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-08-29 ) Tunis, Tunisia | ||
Haykel Al-Achouri (also Haykel Achouri, Arabic: هيكل العاشوري; born August 29, 1984 in Tunis) is an amateur Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category. He is a multiple-time African wrestling champion, and a bronze medalist for his division at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar.
Achouri represented Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Azerbaijan's Shalva Gadabadze, who was able to score five points each in two straight periods, leaving Achouri without a single point.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Achouri, however, lost again in the second preliminary match of men's 84 kg class to Ukraine's Vasyl Rachyba, with a technical score of 0–3.