Faissal Ebnoutalib (born 20 November 1970) is a German

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner and Olympic medalist. He is a seven-time German

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national champion and received the silver medal in the 80 kg division at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) His younger brother,

Mohamed Ebnoutalib Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam. Muhammad and variations may also refer to: *Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations ...

, is a German

practitioner who won the silver medal at the

2003 World Taekwondo Championships The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 1 ...

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German male taekwondo practitioners German people of Moroccan descent Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany 1970 births Living people Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century German people {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub