Khedafi Djelkhir
{{Short description|French boxer (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)|
| name=Khédafi Djelkhir
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| caption = Khedafi Djelkhir in 2009
| fullname = Khédafi Djelkhir
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| nationality = French
| weight class = Featherweight
| club = Futuris Boxing Club Besançon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|26}}
| birth_place = Besançon, Doubs
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| height = 1.64 m
| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing | Featherweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2004 Pula | Featherweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|EU Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Dublin | Featherweight}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 Madrid | Featherweight}}
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Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born 26 October 1983) is a French featherweight amateur boxer of Algerian origin. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://migrations.besancon.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=635&Itemid=349M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720205332/http://migrations.besancon.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=635&Itemid=349M|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-20|title=Migrations à Besançon - Khedafi Djelkhir : " On peut pas avoir un monde pareil ? "|date=2011-07-20|access-date=2018-02-08}}
Career
Djelkhir won a silver medal at featherweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia losing to Vitali Tajbert.
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There, he was defeated in the second round of the featherweight (57 kg) division again by Germany's eventual bronze medalist Vitali Tajbert.
Djelkhir qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating English boxer Stephen Smith in the semi final of a European qualifying tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2008_1.html|title=European Olympic Qualifications - 1 - Pescara, Italy}}
At the Olympics, he reached the finals where he lost to Ukrainian southpaw Vasyl Lomachenko.
=Olympic Games=
2004 (featherweight)
- Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui (Tunisia) 38-13
- Lost to Vitali Tajbert (Germany) 26-40
2008 (featherweight)
- Defeated Paul Fleming (Australia) 13-9
- Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 9-7
- Defeated Arturo Santos Reyes (Mexico) 14-9
- Defeated Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) Retired at the end of the 1st round with an arm injury, with Imranov leading 5-2.
- Defeated by Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 9–1 RSC 1 (2:51)
=World Championships=
2005 (featherweight)
- Lost to Mehrullah Lassi (Pakistan) 12-38
2007 (featherweight)
- Lost to Raynell Williams (United States) 18-28
References
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External links
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- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dj/khedafi-djelkhir-1.html |title=Khedafi Djelkhir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604185104/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dj/khedafi-djelkhir-1.html |archive-date=2009-06-04 |url-status=dead}}
- [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/fra/Khedafi+Djelkhir/1721354 Yahoo! Sports]
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Category:Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for France
Category:Olympic silver medalists for France
Category:French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Besançon
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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