Boubekeur Rebahi

Boubekeur Rebahi (born 6 December 1999) is an Algerian, male Judo player, who played in both local and international championships. He played in Tunisia, Oran, Morocco and Belgium. He weighs 66 kg. It should be remembered that Algeria was tagged the most successful nation for African Judo Championships in 2022. Prior to that in 2021, Algerian Judo player named Fethi Nourine was banned for 10 years from competition by the International Judo Federation with his coach, Amar Benikhlef receiving 10 years ban, as well when they withdrew from facing an Israeli opponent in the second round of men's competition at the Boudakan. The duo revealed that they pulled out from the competition in support for the Palestinians.

Career

Boubekeur represented his country in different tournaments in Judo. He was one of the 16 judokas players selected by the National Technical Department for the 2022 African Championships in Oran as well as the Mediterranean Games in the same year in Oran, too. He played in the World Cups/Continental Open on 17 August 2019, Continental Championship, European Junior, International Tournaments and National Championships Seniors. He was a player in the Algiers African Open 2022 on 19 Mar 2022, Tunis African Open 2022 on 12 Mar 2022, African Senior Championships 2021 on 20 May 2021, Tunis Junior African Cup 2019 on 08 Sep 2019 and 12th African Games 2019 in 17 Aug 2019.

Achievements

Boubekeur Rebahi won a bronze medal at the African Cup U18 in Tunis in 2016. He also won a bronze medal at the African Games in Rabat in 2019 and a silver medal at the African Cup U21 in Tunis in 2019. Boubekeur, won in the Paris Grand Slam 2020, African Senior Championships 2021, Tunis African Open 2022, Algiers African Open 2022 at the quarter final, semi final and final as well as the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games 2022.

Algerian Judo and COVID-19

Judo was also affected by COVID-19 in its championship. New protocols and guidelines were mapped out for the safety of everyone in every event. During the Tunis African Open in 2022, the athletes were made to sign a COVID-19  form for Declaration of Honour of being tested negative. The form had items like whether the delegates had close contacts with positive person, symptoms of COVID-19, attending international training camps with athletes from different countries, having been tested positive for COVID-19 and being vaccinated with the full doses. The form also contained information that if the undersigned is found guilty during the travel or stay that he would be removed from the event with disciplinary actions taken against him.