Chakir Ansari

Chakir Ansari (Arabic: شاكير أنصاري; born June 22, 1991) is a Moroccan freestyle wrestler. He is the first Moroccan freestyle wrestler qualified in Olympic Games. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Asadulla Lachinau. He won the African title in Marrakech 2017.^[1][2][3][4] In 2021, he competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Chakir Ansari

Personal information
Nationality	Morocco  France
Born	(1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 34) Clermont Ferrand, Auvergne, France
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	ASM Clermont Auvergne
Coached by	Rodolphe Kreutzer, Hassan Rangraz, Serguei Rondón
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Morocco 2019 African Games Rabat 2019 57 kg African Wrestling Championships Algiers 2020 61 kg Hammamet 2019 57 kg Marrakech 2017 57 kg Alexandria 2015 57 kg 2016 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Alger 2016 57 kg Arab Championships El Jadida 2015 57 kg Mediterranean Championship Kanjiza 2014 57 kg

Major results

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
Representing  France
2012	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	16th	Freestyle 55 kg
2014	Mediterranean Championships	Kanjiža, Serbia	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
Representing  Morocco
2015	African Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
	World Championships	Las Vegas, United States	33rd	Freestyle 57 kg
	Arab Championships	El Jadida, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th	Freestyle 57 kg
2017	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	7th	Freestyle 57 kg
	World Championships	Paris, France	25th	Freestyle 57 kg
2018	African Championships	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	5th	Freestyle 57 kg
2019	African Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	2nd	Freestyle 57 kg
	African Games	Rabat-El Jadida, Morocco	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	24th	Freestyle 57 kg
2020	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	Freestyle 61 kg

See also

• Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• 2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg