What is Hocine Soltani?
{{Infobox boxer | | name=Hocine Soltani | image= | image_size= | caption = | fullname = حسين سلطاني | nicknames = | nationality = {{ALG}} | weight class = [[Featherweight]] | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1972|12|27}} | birth_place = [[Thénia]], [[Boumerdès]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|3|1|1972|12|27}} | death_place = [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb}} | medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Lightweight]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Featherweight]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Sydney]] | Featherweight}} }} '''Hocine Soltani''' (December 27, 1972 in [[Thenia]] – March 1, 2002 in [[Marseille]]) was a [[boxing|boxer]] from [[Algeria]]. He won two Olympic medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/hocine-soltani-1.html|author=Sports references|title=Hocine Soltani Biography|accessdate=20 July 2012|archive-date=20 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120222946/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/hocine-soltani-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] he was third in the featherweight division (54–57&nbsp;kg). At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] he won a gold medal in lightweight. Hocine became a professional boxer in 1998. He only fought four times, winning each time. He quit boxing in 2000. Soltani disappeared in March 2002. His body was found near [[Marseille]], France in September 2004. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soltani, Hocine}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:2002 deaths]] [[Category:Algerian boxers]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Algeria]] [[