Saifeddine Nejmaoui
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Tunisia | ||
| Men's Boxing | ||
| All-Africa Games | ||
 | 2007 Algiers | Lightweight |
Saifeddine Nejmaoui (born May 5, 1981) is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.[1]
In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir (13:38).[citation needed] He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Uganda's Brian Mayanja.[2][AI-retrieved source]
Nejmaoui won the African Championships in 2005.[3] At the All-Africa Games he won the lightweight title in Algiers defeating Owethu Mbira in the semis. At the African Olympic qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won all his matches, including a victory over Morocco's Hamza Kramou. His draw at the 2008 Olympic Games matched him with reigning Olympic Featherweight Champion Aleksei Tishchenko and he lost on points (2:10).[4]
