Amine Bouhijbha

Amine Bouhijbha
Personal information
Born (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class61 kg (2018 onwards)
56 kg (until 2018)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 56 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yaoundé 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Vacoas 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cairo 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku 56 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 61 kg S
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 61 kg CJ

Amine Bouhijbha (born 28 February 1996)[1] is a Tunisian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 56 kg event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.[2] He is also a five-time gold medalist at the African Weightlifting Championships.

Career

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In 2015, he competed in the men's 56 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Houston, United States.[3] At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won the bronze medal in the men's 56 kg event.[4]

He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the men's 56 kg Snatch event.[5] In 2020, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the Roma 2020 Weightlifting World Cup held in Rome, Italy.[6] He won the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 56 kg 107 111 111 22 135 135 135
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan 56 kg 108 108 113 138 141 141 254 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games
2022 Algeria Oran, Algeria 61 kg 116 118 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 142 145 150 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Jeux africains/Haltérophilie : le Congo passe à côté d'une médaille". adiac-congo.com (in French). 9 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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