Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native nameنهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 37)
Sfax, Tunisia
OccupationJudoka
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ.Bronze (2017)
African Champ.Gold × 18 times
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Marrakesh Open
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers Open
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers +78 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Agadir +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Agadir Open
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius Open
Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde Open
Gold medal – first place 2011 Dakar +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Dakar Open
Gold medal – first place 2013 Maputo +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Maputo Open
Gold medal – first place 2014 Port Louis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Libreville +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Libreville Open
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tunis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tunis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tunis Open
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cape Town +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Agadir +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Agadir Open
Silver medal – second place 2014 Port Louis Open
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tunis Open
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Moscow +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Baku +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tyumen +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tbilisi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Baku +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Antalya +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samsun +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tunis +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Düsseldorf +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Budapest +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tunis +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh +78 kg
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunis +78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 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]

  1. ^ a b 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.