Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Chikhrouhou

Personal information
Native name	نهال شيخ روحو
Nationality	Tunisian
Born	(1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 Sfax, Tunisia
Died
Occupation	Judoka
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Tunisia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	7th (2016)
World Champ.	Bronze (2017)
African Champ.	Gold × 18 times
Medal record Women's judo Representing Tunisia World Championships 2017 Marrakesh Open African Games 2007 Algiers Open 2011 Maputo +78 kg 2015 Brazzaville +78 kg 2019 Rabat +78 kg 2007 Algiers +78 kg African Championships 2008 Agadir +78 kg 2008 Agadir Open 2009 Mauritius +78 kg 2009 Mauritius Open 2010 Yaounde +78 kg 2010 Yaounde Open 2011 Dakar +78 kg 2011 Dakar Open 2013 Maputo +78 kg 2013 Maputo Open 2014 Port Louis +78 kg 2015 Libreville +78 kg 2015 Libreville Open 2016 Tunis +78 kg 2018 Tunis +78 kg 2018 Tunis Open 2019 Cape Town +78 kg 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 2016 Tunis Open World Masters 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 2016 Baku +78 kg 2019 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2021 Tashkent +78 kg 2021 Antalya +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 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 2018 Tunis +78 kg 2018 Budapest +78 kg 2019 Marrakesh +78 kg African Junior Championships 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 2009 Pescara +78 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 26 June 2023

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

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

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

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

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event. 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.

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

External links

• Nihel Cheikh Rouhou at The-Sports.org
• Nihel Cheikh Rouhou on Instagram