Nabil Kassel
{{Short description|Algerian boxer (born 1984)}}
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| fullname = نبيل كاسيل
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| nationality = {{ALG}}
| weight class = Middleweight
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|03|10}}
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| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb}}
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{{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2003 Abuja | Middleweight}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Algiers | Middleweight}}
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Nabil Kassel (born March 10, 1984) is an Algerian boxer best known for winning the middleweight gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. The family name is Kassel, Algerians generally write this first (Kassel Nabil).
Career
Kassel participated at the 2004 Olympics at the age of 19 but lost to southpaw American Andre Dirrell by RSC-2. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he defeated Tunisia's Mohamed Sahraoui.
He won the 2005 African Championships, and was a member of the team that competed for Africa at the 2005 Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia.
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At the Arab Championships 2007 he lost to Mohammed Hikal.
At the All-African Games he beat Hikal 17:15 in the first round and won.
He later qualified for the Olympics. At the qualifier he lost again to veteran Hikal but beat Daniel Shishia for the third spot. At the Olympics he lost to Darren Sutherland.
External links
- [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/dza/Nabil+Kassel/352012 yahoo data]
- [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AfricanChampionships2005.html 2005 African Championships]
- [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AllAfricaGames2007.html Africa Games 2007]
- [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AfricanOlyQual2008_1.html Qualifier 2008]
{{Footer All-Africa Champions Middleweight}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kassel, Nabil}}
Category:Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Algeria
Category:African Games gold medalists for Algeria
Category:African Games medalists in boxing
Category:Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Category:Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Category:21st-century Algerian sportsmen
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