Abdelhak Kherbache

Abdelhak Kherbache (born 25 June 1995)^[1] is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. At the African Wrestling Championships, he won a total of nine medals: five gold, three silver, and one bronze.^[2][3] He is also a two-time medalist, including gold, at the African Games. He competed in the men's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]

Abdelhak Kherbache

Personal information
Born	(1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	57 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Algeria African Games 2019 Rabat 57 kg 2015 Brazzaville 57 kg African Championships 2019 Hammamet 57 kg 2020 Algiers 57 kg 2022 El Jadida 61 kg 2023 Hammamet 61 kg 2024 Alexandria 61 kg 2014 Tunis 57 kg 2015 Alexandria 57 kg 2017 Marrakesh 57 kg 2018 Port Harcourt 57 kg

Career

Kherbache represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event.^[5] Four years earlier, he also competed at the African Games in this event and won one of the bronze medals at the time.^[6]

In 2020, Kherbache competed in the men's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[7] He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[8][9]

Kherbache won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.^[10][11] He lost his bronze medal match in the 65 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2014	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	Freestyle 57 kg
2015	African Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	2nd	Freestyle 57 kg
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
2017	African Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	2nd	Freestyle 57 kg
2018	African Championships	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
2019	African Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
2020	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
2022	African Championships	El Jadida, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 61 kg
2023	African Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Freestyle 61 kg
2024	African Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	1st	Freestyle 61 kg

References

1. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. "Athlete Profile". Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 24 February 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
3. Pavitt, Michael (9 February 2020). "Kherbache delivers home success on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
4. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
5. "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
6. "2015 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
7. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
8. Shefferd, Neil (4 April 2021). "Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
9. "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
10. Berkeley, Geoff (22 May 2022). "Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
11. "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links

• Abdelhak Kherbache at United World Wrestling
• Abdelhak Kherbache at the International Wrestling Database
• Abdelhak Kherbache at the International Wrestling Database
• Abdelhak Kherbache at Olympics.com
• Abdelhak Kherbache at Olympedia