Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native name
نهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
OccupationJudoka
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportJudo
+78 kg
Achievements and titles
7th (2016)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2017)
1st place, gold medalist(s) × 18 times
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 MarrakeshOpen
African Games
Gold medal – first place2007 AlgiersOpen
Gold medal – first place2011 Maputo+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Algiers+78 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Agadir+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 AgadirOpen
Gold medal – first place2009 Mauritius+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2009 MauritiusOpen
Gold medal – first place2010 Yaounde+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 YaoundeOpen
Gold medal – first place2011 Dakar+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 DakarOpen
Gold medal – first place2013 Maputo+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2013 MaputoOpen
Gold medal – first place2014 Port Louis+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Libreville+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 LibrevilleOpen
Gold medal – first place2016 Tunis+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Tunis+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 TunisOpen
Gold medal – first place2019 Cape Town+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Dakar+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 Agadir+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 AgadirOpen
Silver medal – second place2014 Port LouisOpen
Bronze medal – third place2016 TunisOpen
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place2021 Doha+78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place2009 Moscow+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 Paris+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Baku+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Tyumen+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Düsseldorf+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Budapest+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Tbilisi+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Baku+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Abu Dhabi+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tashkent+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Antalya+78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Samsun+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 Tunis+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Düsseldorf+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Samsun+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Budapest+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Zagreb+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Budapest+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tunis+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Budapest+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Marrakesh+78 kg
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Tunis+78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin+78 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Oran+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Pescara+78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF822
JudoInside.com33015
Updated on 26 June 2023

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.[2]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman.[1]

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5][6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9]

She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Sports reference profile
  2. ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Beijing 2008 78kg heavyweight women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Judo". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "2019 African Games Judo Medalists". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Nihel Cheikh Rouhou - Player Profile - Judo".
  10. ↑ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.