{{Short description|French judoka (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox judoka | name = Walide Khyar | image = Walide khyar.jpg | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | nicknames = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|06|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Bondy, France | height = 171 cm{{cn|date=May 2023}} <!-- Sport --> | country = France | weight_class = {{nbnd}}60 kg, {{nbnd}}66 kg | rank = <!-- Belt color ONLY. Automated when "dan" is used. --> | rank_ref = | dan = <!-- Dan rank (number, 1-11), for Black belts only --> | retired = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | olympics_rank = 5 | olympics_year = 2024 | olympics_weight = Men's 66 kg | worlds_rank = 3 | worlds_year = 2023 | worlds_weight = Men's 66 kg | regionals_type = EU | regionals_rank = 1 | regionals_year = 2016 | regionals_weight = Men's 60 kg | nationals = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{FRA}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }} {{Medal|G| 2024 Paris | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Doha | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2016 Kazan | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Montpellier | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2025 Podgorica | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2026 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Masters }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Jerusalem | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|G| 2025 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2019 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2021 Antalya | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2016 Paris | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2021 Paris | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2024 Antalya | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2025 Paris | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| 2018 Tunis | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2019 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2015 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2015 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2015 Oberwart | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2014 Bucharest | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Cadet Championships }} {{Medal|S| 2011 Cottonera | {{nbnd}}50 kg }} | updated = 18 April 2026 }}
'''Walide Khyar''' (born 9 June 1995) is a French judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Felipe Kitadai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walide Khyar|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/walide-khyar|website=Rio 2016|accessdate=August 17, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817203021/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/walide-khyar|archivedate=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Men -60 kg - Standings|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/judo-standings-ju-men-60-kg|website=Rio 2016|accessdate=August 17, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817164511/https://www.rio2016.com/en/judo-standings-ju-men-60-kg|archivedate=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.<ref name="canadian_and_italian_antalya_grand_slam_2021">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=1 April 2021|title=Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106146/antalya-grand-slam-day-one|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kyar was born in Bondy, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. He is of Moroccan descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/jeux-olympiques/jo-2024-judo-walide-khyar-jetais-devenu-un-fantome-et-je-veux-devenir-une-legende-79e65c9c-4110-11ef-bb35-337f783a35ab|title=JO 2024 - Judo. Walide Khyar : « J’étais devenu un fantôme et je veux devenir une légende »|first=Gaspard|last=BREMOND|date=28 July 2024|website=Ouest-France.fr}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khyar, Walide}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:French male judoka Category:French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Category:Olympic judoka for France Category:Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games competitors for France Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:Olympic gold medalists for France
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