Skander Missaoui

{{short description|Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Sport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

{{Medal|Country| {{TUN}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| African Games }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2019 Rabat | 87 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| African Championships }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2014 Tunis | 80 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2016 Alexandria | 85 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2018 Port Harcourt | 87 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2022 El Jadida | 87 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver|2024 Alexandria|97 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 Marrakesh | 85 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Hammamet | 87 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Algiers | 87 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Hammamet | 97 kg }}

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Mohamed Skander Missaoui ({{langx|ar|محمد إسكندر الميساوي}}) is a Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the 87{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf |title=2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2020 |quote=Mohamed Skander MISSAOUI}}{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=0551C398B5C445A987EB6F2B6ECC8618 |access-date=2 January 2021 |website=International Wrestling Database}}{{dead link|date=November 2024}} He is also an eight-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2021, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=2 April 2021 |title=Host nation Tunisia claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on first day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106187/africa-and-oceania-wrestling-qualifier |access-date=3 April 2021 |quote=Bronze went to Mohamed Missaoui of Tunisia}}{{Cite web |title=2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2021 |website=United World Wrestling |quote=Mohamed Skander MISSAOUI}}

He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=21 May 2022 |title=Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123472/oborududu-consecutive-title-wrestlng |access-date=23 May 2022 |quote=Sid Azara beat Tunisia’s Mohamed Skander Missaoui in the under-87kg.}}{{Cite web |title=2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=United World Wrestling |quote=Mohamed Skander MISSAOUI}} He competed in the 87{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria where he was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist Noureldin Hassan of Egypt.

Achievements

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2019

|African Games

|Rabat, Morocco

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 87{{nbsp}}kg

2020

|African Wrestling Championships

|Algiers, Algeria

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 87{{nbsp}}kg

2022

|African Wrestling Championships

|El Jadida, Morocco

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 87{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|African Wrestling Championships

|Hammamet, Tunisia

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 97{{nbsp}}kg

References

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