Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native nameنهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
Sfax, Tunisia
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
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.