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Taekwondo At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs; each can enter a maximum of eight taekwondo fighters, with one in each bodyweight category and four for each gender. Host nation France reserves two men's and women's spots either through the WT Olympic Rankings or WT Grand Slam Champions Series, while four more places are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their taekwondo practitioners compete in Paris 2024 through the Tripartite Commission Invitation. The remainder of the total quota will be attributed to the taekwondo fighters through a dual qualification pathway. Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic Rankings, while the highest of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete across eight different weight categories (four per gender) at the Games, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008. Each weight category is composed of sixteen taekwondo fighters; however, this figure may increase if additional athletes are invited and selected from the Refugee Olympic Team. Qualification The taekwondo competition for Paris will feature a total of 128 athletes (64 men and 64 women) across eight different weight categories, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of eight taekwondo fighters, with one per bodyweight category and four per gender. The qualification window commences with the five spots awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called ''"the Solomons"'' by those who later receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocar Diop
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Nouridine Issaka
Nouridine Garba Issaka (born 28 October 2005) is a taekwondo athlete from Niger. He won a gold medal at the 2023 All Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2023 African Taekwondo Championships. Career He competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games and won bronze in the Men's 58 kg in Konya, Turkey. In 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won bronze in the -55kg category at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships. He reached the quarter finals at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the Men's flyweight category in Baku. In November 2023, at the age of 18 years-old, he won gold in the 58kg at the African Taekwondo Championships, held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He won a gold medal in the -58kg category in March 2024 at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana. He competed in the −58 kg category st the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal and successfully qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Salim
Omar Gergely Salim (born 12 April 2003) is an American-Hungarian taekwondo athlete. He is the youngest son of Gergely Salim, a former Olympic champion. He became a Hungarian citizen in 2022. Career He won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships men's 54 kgs. A month later, he qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. At the Taekwondo event of the Tokyo Olympics he was not able to go beyond the preliminary round. Personal life He was born to a Tanzanian father and a Hungarian mother. The youngest son of former Olympic, world and european champion Gergely Salim. His uncle Joseph Salim, was also a 6-time European medalist. His brother and training partner, Shariff Salim, was Pan American Junior champion in 2019, alongside him. One of his main supporters and sponsors is Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, as he used to train with master Gergely Salim at his dojang Salim's Taekwondo Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Dell'Aquila
Vito Dell'Aquila (born November 3, 2000) is an Italian taekwondo athlete. He won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the gold medal in the men's flyweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Career On 25 June 2017 he won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju losing in the semifinals to the eventual world champion Kim Tae-hun in the Men's finweight (54 kg) competition. On 24 July 2021, being ranked number 2 in the Men's 58 kg olympic ranking, he won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ... beating the 2021 African champion, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, in the final of the Men's 58 kg. See also * Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Jun
Jang Jun is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships on the -54 kg weight category, and has won two World Taekwondo Grand Prix titles in 2018. He has been licensed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. He won the silver medal in the men's flyweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ..., Mexico. References Living people South Korean male taekwondo practitioners World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists Korea National Sport Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrián Vicente
Adrián Vicente Yunta (born 11 June 1999) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championships The 2018 European Taekwondo Championships, the 23rd edition of the European Taekwondo Championships, was held in Kazan, Russia at the Ak Bars Martial Arts Palace from 10 to 13 May 2018. Medal table Medal summary Men Women Participating ... on the men's finweight category. He won the gold medal in the men's 58 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. References External links * Spanish male taekwondo practitioners Living people 1999 births European Taekwondo Championships medalists Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Spain 21st-century Spanish people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi ( ar, محمد خليل الجندوبي, born 1 June 2002) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. Representing Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, he won silver in the men's 58 kg taekwondo event. Career In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the boy's 48kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2019, he competed in the men's finweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. In that same year, he represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won the gold medal in the men's 54kg event. At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, he won the gold medal in the men's 58kg event. A few months later, he won the silver medal in the men's 58kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 58kg event at the 2022 African Taekwondo Championships held in Kigal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs; each can enter a maximum of eight taekwondo fighters, with one in each bodyweight category and four for each gender. Host nation France reserves two men's and women's spots either through the WT Olympic Rankings or WT Grand Slam Champions Series, while four more places are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their taekwondo practitioners compete in Paris 2024 through the Tripartite Commission Invitation. The remainder of the total quota will be attributed to the taekwondo fighters through a dual qualification pathway. Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic Rankings, while the highest of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete across eight different weight categories (four per gender) at the Games, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008. Each weight category is composed of sixteen taekwondo fighters; however, this figure may increase if additional athletes are invited and selected from the Refugee Olympic Team. Qualification The taekwondo competition for Paris will feature a total of 128 athletes (64 men and 64 women) across eight different weight categories, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of eight taekwondo fighters, with one per bodyweight category and four per gender. The qualification window commences with the five spots awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
