Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native name
نهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
OccupationJudoka
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ. (2017)
African Champ. × 18 times
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
2017 Marrakesh Open
African Games
2007 Algiers Open
2011 Maputo +78 kg
2015 Brazzaville +78 kg
2019 Rabat +78 kg
2007 Algiers +78 kg
African Championships
2008 Agadir +78 kg
2008 Agadir Open
2009 Mauritius +78 kg
2009 Mauritius Open
2010 Yaounde +78 kg
2010 Yaounde Open
2011 Dakar +78 kg
2011 Dakar Open
2013 Maputo +78 kg
2013 Maputo Open
2014 Port Louis +78 kg
2015 Libreville +78 kg
2015 Libreville Open
2016 Tunis +78 kg
2018 Tunis +78 kg
2018 Tunis Open
2019 Cape Town +78 kg
2021 Dakar +78 kg
2012 Agadir +78 kg
2012 Agadir Open
2014 Port Louis Open
2016 Tunis Open
World Masters
2021 Doha +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2009 Moscow +78 kg
2010 Paris +78 kg
2014 Baku +78 kg
2016 Tyumen +78 kg
2018 Düsseldorf +78 kg
2020 Budapest +78 kg
2022 Tbilisi +78 kg
2016 Baku +78 kg
2019 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
2021 Tashkent +78 kg
2021 Antalya +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Samsun +78 kg
2010 Tunis +78 kg
2015 Düsseldorf +78 kg
2015 Samsun +78 kg
2015 Budapest +78 kg
2018 Zagreb +78 kg
2019 Budapest +78 kg
2018 Tunis +78 kg
2018 Budapest +78 kg
2019 Marrakesh +78 kg
African Junior Championships
2005 Tunis +78 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona +78 kg
2013 Mersin +78 kg
2022 Oran +78 kg
2009 Pescara +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF822
JudoInside.com33015
Updated on 26 June 2023

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman.

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event. In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.