Mohamed Zaoui

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Mohamed Zaoui

Zaoui (in white and green) at the 1984 Olympics.
Medal record
Men's boxing
Bronze medal – third place1984 Los AngelesMiddleweight

Mohamed Zaoui (born 14 May 1960) is a former middleweight boxer from Algeria. He won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first Algerian to ever win a medal at the Olympic Games.

Zaoui was born in the village of Zaouiet Yagoubi, near Nedroma, in the Tlemcen Province.[1] When he was just five months old, he emigrated with his family to Évin-Malmaison, France.[2]

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