Cri6
 Cri6 in Seoul, South Korea (2019) | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Youness El Mouaffaq | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bboy Cri6 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Moroccan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1994 Fez, Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2006 ~ Present | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Dancesport | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Breakdancing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Youness El Mouaffaq (1994), better known by his stage name Cri6, is a London-based Moroccan competitive b-boy. As of July 2017, he has won a silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Youness El Mouaffaq was born in Fez, Morocco. He performed in some of the international dance competitions[4] included Red Bull BC One World Final,[5] World BBoy Series, The Notorious IBE, BBIC Korea, B.I.S China.
Youness El Mouaffaq, competing as Bboy Cri6, has been rising as a top competitor on the scene for the past few years. He's a member of El Mouwahidine and Lhiba Kingzoo with fellow Moroccan B-Boys, Lil Zoo and The Wolfer.[6]
At the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the Canal aux Bois stage hosted the final phase of Hip-hop dance competition. Youness El Mouaffaq won the silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa[7][3] and succeeded in hoisting the flag of Morocco in the skies of Abidjan and thus offering the country a silver medal at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie.[1][2]
Youness El Mouaffaq ranked 18th place globally[8][9] at WDSF World Breaking Championship[10] that took a place in Nanjing, China on June 23, 2019.
He also participated in numerous international events[4] such as:
- 30.11.2019 Hustle & Freeze Vol.14 China
- 23.06.2019 WDSF World Breaking Championship China[10]
- 15.03.2019 Circle Industry Austria[11]
- 13.10.2018 DPC Jam Switzerland
- 27.09.2018 Red Bull BC One World Final Switzerland[5]
- 21.04.2018 JBL Unbreakable World Final Belgium
- 17.12.2016 Risk Battle 2017 Austria
- 22.10.2016 D.Point.C Jam Switzerland.
Awards
[edit]- 1st Place The Notorious IBE 3 vs 3, Netherlands – 2019
- 1st Circle Industry Finals, Austria – 2019[11]
- 1st Place Best Moroccan B-boy – 2019[12]
- 1st Place Battle of East, Estonia – 2018
- 2nd Place DPC JAM, Switzerland – 2018
- 2nd Place Les Jeux de la Francophonie, Ivory Coast – 2017[1]
- 1st Place Show and Prove, UK – 2016
- 2nd Place Pasha 2312 All styles, Austria – 2016
- 1st Place Red Bull BC One, Morocco Cypher – 2015[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c le Ministère de la Culture, de la Jeunesse et des Sports et la Fondation Nationale des Musées. "Une médaille d'argent pour la Culture aux 8ème Jeux de la Francophonie à Abidjan". minculture.gov.ma. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Hip-hop (dance) results". jeux.francophonie.org. Accessed 2017-07-26
- ^ a b Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "The participants of the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan 2017". jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ a b And8 Dance. "Cri6's highlights and achievements on and8.dance". and8.dance.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Red bull TV. "Check out B-boy Cri6's best breaking from the Red Bull BC One World Finals 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland". redbull.com.
- ^ Emmanuel Adelekun. "Find out how B-Boy Cri6 feeds his happiness through his love for breaking". redbull.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "Médaille d'argent au concours culturel de hip-hop (danse) des VIIIes Jeux de la Francophonie Côte d'Ivoire / Abidjan 2017". jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ World Dancesport Federation. "2019 WDSF World Breaking Championships results" (PDF). worlddancesport.org.
- ^ Auli Korhonen. "The line ups for the top 16 b-girls and the top 32 b-boys in the WDSF World Breaking Champion". worlddancesport.org. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ a b Rory Jiwani. "What to look out for at the 2019 WDSF Breaking World Championship". olympicchannel.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ a b Circle Industry Finals. "Circle Industry Winners". circleindustry.at.
- ^ Medi1TV. "L'équipe marocaine du breakdance participe au championnat du monde en Chine". Medi1.tv. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Resagro. "Evenement B-Boy Cri6 Remporte Le Red Bull Bc One". Resagro.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015.