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Al Obaidi of IOC Refugee Team Makes Winning Olympic Debut at Tokyo 2020

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 04:37 By Tim Foley

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CHIBA, Japan (August 3) --- Aker AL OBAIDI (EOR) of the IOC's Refugee team earned the first victory in his Olympic career Tuesday morning at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba.

Al Obaidi, an Iraqi refugee now living and training in Austria, looked superb in his first round 67kg weight class match besting Souleymen NASIR (TUN) by technical fall, 8-0.

"I felt really good in the bout," said Al Obaidi. "My wrestling was good and my mind and body were working perfectly together."

In his second match, Al Obaidi dropped the quarterfinal against Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO), 10-0. Should Zoidze win his semifinal match on Tuesday night, Al Obaidi will compete in the repechage.

"I am disappointed, but I will go step-by-step. I don't have enough words to thank UWW and the IOC. I am really happy to compete and that was because of them. I am very young and I look forward to competing for a long time."

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Meskout elected UWW Africa Council President for third time

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 05:05 By United World Wrestling Press

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CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 28) -- Fouad MESKOUT was elected as the President of the UWW Africa Council for a third time after he won the election held Monday.

The UWW Vice President was among the eight candidates who contested to be members of the Africa Council. Meskout won with a thumping majority while six other members of the Executive Board were also re-elected.

The elections, held on the sidelines of the African Championships which begins Tuesday, received eight nominations for seven spots and saw 31 voters with 17 being the majority.

UWW AfricaThe seven elected members of the UWW Africa Council. (Photo: United World Wrestling Federation / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Elected members

Fouad MESKOUT (MAR)
Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY)
Nestor RAVELOSON (MAD)
Allahjabo OWLO (SUD)
Honore ALLOU (CIV)
Ngom MALICK (SEN)
Urbaine SISSA MBEDY (CMR)

The elected members decided to re-elect Meskout as the President. Sissa Mbedy was elected as the Vice-President while Elsayed was named Secretary General. Raveloson will take the role of Joint Secretary General.