2023-06-20 15:13:08
The competition will bring together from June 23 to July 2 the best boxers of the Old Continent in Krakow, Poland, with a high stake. This will be the first Olympic qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Games with 44 quotas allocated by name.
Published on: 06/20/2023 – 15:13
« Our athletes will have to surpass themselves, the adversity will be tough, there will be the best Europeans. Europe remains the continent that wins the most medals at the Olympic Games. We did everything to ensure that our boxers were in the best possible condition. We are optimistic “Said Dominique Nato, president of the French Boxing Federation, interviewed by RFI.
In Krakow, it will be possible to get your ticket for Paris 2024. In each weight category, there will be two or four Olympic quotas for the Games. The finalists, or even the semi-finalists of the 2023 European Games, will be guaranteed to participate in the next Olympic Games.
Qualify at least two men and two women
As host country, France automatically has three places reserved. But the FFB wants to see more tricolor pugilists take part in the celebration. Those who have not had the sesame from the European Games will still have two Olympic qualifying tournaments in 2024 to secure their place. After the zero point in Tokyo in 2021, French boxing, which had largely shone in Rio in 2016, wants to come back into the light. They will be 325 athletes from 42 countries, divided into 13 weight categories (seven for men, six for women), to try to validate their place for the “city of light”.
« In Krakow, we would like to qualify at least two men and two women », announces Dominique Nato. The French boxing team will count on some medalists in Brazil for the 2023 European Games. Estelle Mossely, Mathieu Bauderlique and Sofiane Oumiha are part of the trip.
Engaged in the -57 kg category, the French Amina Zidani is ambitious. ” After the World Championships in India (March 16 to 26, 2023), the European Games remain the biggest deadline of this year 2023says Amina Zidani, who returned from New Delhi with a bronze medal. Even if there is stress, I feel fit after a very good preparation ». « Everyone wants to snatch their qualification, we will have to give the maximum. Qualifying a year before the Games is something exceptional. I want to live this. Then I believe I can have the best vacation of my life she smiles. Amina Zidani will have achieved the first part of her goal. But it is the gold that she is aiming for at home in front of her family.
For Billal Bennama (Flies, -51 kg), silver medalist in India, the European Games are also an important step for Paris 2024. I am able to do it. I worked on the technique a lot. I am happy and ready to perform in Krakow. I dream of Paris 2024, there will be no better Games for me during my career “Says the one who had been eliminated in the round of 16 in Tokyo. ” You have to remain suspicious. But if I obtain the qualification, I will be able to live a serene summer “Concludes the native of Toulouse, who had obtained his qualification for Japan a year before. What to expect a repeated twice.
French boxers selected for the 2023 European Games
Women
Men
Billal Bennama – Flies, -51 kg Riad Labidi – Feathers, -57 kg Sofiane Oumiha – Lightweight, -63.5 kg Makan Traoré – Welterweight, -71 kg Mathieu Bauderlique – Light heavyweight, -80 kg Soheb Bouafia – Heavyweight , -92 kg Djamili Dini Aboudou Moindzen – Super-heavyweight, +92 kg
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