Gergely Salim (born April 1, 1972 in

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, Tanzania) is a Hungarian-

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practitioner, but lives now in Los Angeles as an American citizen. He is the father of the Tanzanian-American taekwondoka

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 T ...

Career

He started practicing taekwondo at the age of 8 with his brother, Joseph Salim, at

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Taekwondo Klub near

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. In 1991, Gergely Salim won a gold medal in the finweight division at the

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. Next year, at the age of 20, he participated in the

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and claimed a gold medal. He also won three consecutive European Championships from 1990 to 1994 for the Danish national team. His older brother, Joseph Salim, also pursued a great career in the sport as he also was a 3-time european champion and runner-up at the 1991 world championship. In 2021, Salim's youngest son,

, won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships representing

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* * * 1972 births Living people Danish male taekwondo practitioners Hungarian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic medalists in taekwondo Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Taekwondo practitioners at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists {{Hungary-taekwondo-bio-stub