Cri6

Youness El Mouaffaq (1994), better known by his stage name Cri6, is a London-based Moroccan competitive breakdancer. 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]

Cri6
CRI6 poses for a portrait prior to the Red Bull BC One World Final in Zurich, Switzerland on September 25th, 2018
Personal information
Full nameYouness El Mouaffaq
Nickname(s)Bboy Cri6
NationalityMoroccan
Born1994
Fez, Morocco
Years active2006 ~ Present
Websitewww.cri6.com
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportDancesport
Event(s)Breakdancing
Medal record
Hip-hop dance
Representing  Morocco
Jeux de la Francophonie
2017 AbidjanHip-hop dance

Career

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 23rd, 2019.

He also participated in numerous international events[4] such as:

Awards

References
  1. 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. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Hip-hop (dance) results". jeux.francophonie.org. Accessed 2017-07-26
  3. 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.
  4. And8 Dance. "Cri6's highlights and achievements on and8.dance". and8.dance.
  5. 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.
  6. Emmanuel Adelekun. "Find out how B-Boy Cri6 feeds his happiness through his love for breaking". redbull.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. World Dancesport Federation. "2019 WDSF World Breaking Championships results" (PDF). worlddancesport.org.
  9. 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.
  10. Rory Jiwani. "What to look out for at the 2019 WDSF Breaking World Championship". olympicchannel.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. Circle Industry Finals. "Circle Industry Winners". circleindustry.at.
  12. Medi1TV. "L'équipe marocaine du breakdance participe au championnat du monde en Chine". Medi1.tv. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  13. Resagro. "Evenement B-Boy Cri6 Remporte Le Red Bull Bc One". Resagro.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
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