{{Short description|Algerian boxer (born 1961)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kamel Abboud | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Algerian | sport = Boxing | event = | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.78|m}} | weight = {{convert|abbr=on|67|kg}} }}
'''Kamel Abboud''' (born 30 September 1961)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kamel-aboud|title=Kamel Abboud|website=Olympics {{!}} Games, Medals, Results, News {{!}} IOC|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/kamel-aboud-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045647/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/kamel-aboud-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Kamel Aboud Olympic Results |accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref> He tied for ninth place with seven other competitors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/mens-welterweight.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/mens-welterweight.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games {{!}} Men's Welterweight|website=SportReference.com|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref>
== Early life == Kamel trained at the Béjaïa boxing school, considered to be the best at the national level at the time he was training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.depechedekabylie.com/sport/56373-kamel-abboud-et-aziz-khouchene-fierte-des-bougiotes.html|title=Kamel Abboud and Aziz Khouchene, pride of Bougiotes|date=June 4, 2008|website=La Dépêche de Kabylie|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>
== Significant Competitions == He won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1979 African Boxing Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kenyapage.net/commentary/kenya-sports-commentary/1979-africa-boxing-championships-kenya-takes-control/|title=1979 Africa Boxing championships : Kenya takes control {{!}} Kenya Page Blog|website=kenyapage.net|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>
He competed in the welterweight division at the 1981 CISM Championships held at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He lost to Tim Christensen (USA) in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CISM1981.html|title=CISM Championships|website=Amateur Boxing|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>
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