Abdullah Sediqi (born 25 December 1996) is a
Taekwondo athlete from
Afghanistan.
Personal life
Sediqi lives in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, ,
Belgium. He fled Afghanistan in 2017 following death threats.
Career
He won silver at the 2019 Spanish Open and bronze at the 2020 Dutch Open, in addition to representing World Taekwondo as a refugee athlete at the 2019 World Championships in Manchester.
He was included as one of 29 members of the
IOC Refugee Olympic Team to compete at compete at the
2020 Summer Games
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 ...
with his participation in the
68kg Taekwondo.
References
1996 births
Living people
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Afghan male taekwondo practitioners
Afghan refugees
Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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