Hocine Soltani

حسين سلطاني (Known as "Hocine Soltani")

Algeria's First Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist, Featherweight & Lightweight Champion

Born Dec 27, 1972

Thénia (Boumerdès), Algeria

Passed Away c. March 2002 Marseille, France

Lifespan 29 years old

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"When the Algerian anthem played on the Olympic podium, the tears of our people turned to golden pride."

Archival Overview

Algeria's first and only Olympic boxing gold medalist (Atlanta 1996) and bronze medalist (Barcelona 1992), celebrated as the greatest boxer in Algerian sports history.

Biographical Record

Hocine Soltani was born in Thénia (Boumerdès province) and began boxing in the gyms of Boumerdès and Algiers. At age nineteen, he won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the featherweight division at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, demonstrating lightning-fast reflexes and stinging combination punching.

Four years later at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Soltani made history by capturing the Gold Medal in the lightweight division, defeating Germany's Tontcho Tontchev in an unforgettable final. He remains the most decorated boxer in Algerian Olympic history.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Thénia Municipal Cemetery
Thénia (Boumerdès), Algeria

                         GPS: 36.7250, 3.5556                    

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