Aden-Alexandre Houssein

Aden-Alexandre Houssein (born 28 March 1998) is a judoka. Born in France, he represents Djibouti internationally. He is a bronze medalist at the African Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the African Judo Championships.

Aden-Alexandre Houssein

Personal information
Born	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26)[1] Compiègne, France[1]
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Djibouti
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2020)
World Champ.	R32 (2021)
African Champ.	(2019, 2020)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Djibouti African Games 2019 Rabat ‍–‍73 kg 2023 Accra ‍–‍73 kg African Championships 2019 Cape Town ‍–‍73 kg 2020 Antananarivo ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	52149
JudoInside.com	138152
Updated on 17 March 2024

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa. In that year, he represented Djibouti at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event.^[2]

In 2020, he also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.^[3][4] In 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

He represented Djibouti at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was eliminated in his second match in the men's 73 kg event.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2019	African Championships	3rd	−73 kg
2019	African Games	3rd	−73 kg
2020	African Championships	3rd	−73 kg
2024	African Games	3rd	−73 kg

References

1. "HOUSSEIN Alexandre".
2. "2019 African Games Judo Medalists". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
3. "2020 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
4. Gillen, Nancy (18 December 2020). "Mohamed overcomes defending champion Abdelaal at African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links

• Aden-Alexandre Houssein at the International Judo Federation
• Aden-Alexandre Houssein at JudoInside.com
• Aden-Alexandre Houssein at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Aden-Alexandre Houssein at Olympedia
• Aden-Alexandre Houssein at The-Sports.org

Olympic Games
Preceded by Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Flagbearer for  Djibouti Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim Samiyah Hassan Nour