Amar Meridzha ( Arabic: عمار مريجة ; born ) - Algerian judoka , representative of the light, semi-light and super-light weight categories. He played for the national judo team of Algeria in the period 1994-2008, eight-time champion of Africa, twice champion of the All-African Games, silver and bronze medalist of the Mediterranean Games, winner and prize-winner of many tournaments of national and international importance, participant of the four summer Olympic Games.
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Biography
Amar Meridge was born on March 17, 1976.
He first declared himself in judo in 1994, speaking at the junior world championship in Cairo. A year later, he entered the main team of the Algerian national team and made his debut in the World Cup.
In 1996, he took fifth place at the World Junior Championships in Porto, performed at the World Cup stages in Budapest, Prague and Rome, as well as at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta , where he won two fights in the 60 kg category and lost two fights, in In particular, in the consolation tournament for third place, he was stopped by the Russian Nikolai Ozhegin .
In 1997, Featherweight champion at the African Championships in Casablanca, won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Bari , took seventh place at the World Championships in Paris .
In 1998, he won the African championship in Dakar, took bronze at the world military championship in St. Petersburg.
At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, he defeated all his featherweight contenders and won gold. At the same time, at the world championship in Birmingham, he could not get into the number of winners.
In 2000, he won first place at the African home championship in Algeria and, thanks to a series of successful appearances, was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Sydney Olympic Games . Already in the opening match of the category up to 66 kg, he was defeated by American Alex Ottiano and immediately dropped out of the fight for medals.
In 2001, he won the African Championship in Tripoli, became the bronze medalist of the Mediterranean Games in Tunisia , located on the fifth line in the final protocol of the World Cup in Munich , losing to the Russian Islam Matsiev in the 1/8 finals.
In 2002, he received silver at the African Championship in Cairo, took part in the World Super Cup in Paris.
At the 2003 World Championships in Osaka, he stopped at the 1/16 final stage, while he was second in the international tournament in Marseille.
At the 2004 African Championships in Tunisia, he took gold. Successfully passed the selection for the Olympic Games in Athens , in the category up to 66 kg, won two victories and suffered two defeats.
After the Athens Olympics, Meridge remained in the judo team of Algeria for another Olympic cycle and continued to take part in major international competitions. So, in 2005, he won the African championship in Port Elizabeth, showed the fifth result at the World Super Cup in Hamburg, was noted for his performance at the world championship in Cairo .
In 2006, he became the third at an international tournament in Tunisia, won the African Championship in Mauritius.
In 2007, the lightweight champion was the best at the home All-African Games in Algeria and at the tournament in Marseille, he fought at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro .
At the 2008 African Championships in Agadir, he won another gold medal, thus becoming the eight-time African judo champion. Later he went to speak at the Olympic Games in Beijing , where in the category of up to 73 kg he was defeated by the representative of Belarus Konstantin Semenov . Soon after the end of these competitions, he decided to end his sports career.
Links
- Amar Meridge - profile on judoinside.com
- Amar Meridge - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Amar Meridge (English) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee