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Nationality | Moroccan |
Born | Casablanca, Morocco[1] | 25 April 1999
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan boxer.[2] He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category.[4] He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020.[1]
Baalla was disqualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent David Nyika's ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event.[5][6][7]