Djegui Bathily
Olympic judoka
Intro | Olympic judoka | |
Places | Senegal | |
is | Athlete Martial artist Judoka | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 25 February 1977 | |
Age | 47 years |
Djegui Bathily (born February 25, 1977) is a Senegalese judoka, who played for the heavyweight category. He won two bronze medals for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.
Bathily represented Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out, by two yuko and a non-combativity technique (P29), to U.S. judoka Daniel McCormick.