Ibrahim Aqil Kamal ( ar, ابراهيم عقيل كمال; born April 14, 1979, in

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), more commonly known as Ibrahim Aqil, is a Jordanian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He captured two bronze medals in the over-84 kg division at the

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(1998 and 2004), and represented his nation

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at the

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. Ibrahim qualified for the Jordanian squad in the men's heavyweight class (80 kg) at the

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, by placing third and granting a berth from the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. He defeated Denmark's Zakaria Asidah and Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung in the prelims, before falling behind two-meter-tall local favorite

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of Greece in the semifinal match with a score of 3–6. As his formidable Greek opponent moved forward into the final, Ibrahim offered a chance for Jordan's first Olympic medal with a more satisfying victory over Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Sagindykov by a marginal judging decision in the repechage rounds, but slipped his chance in a 2–6 defeat to French fighter Pascal Gentil for the bronze, relegating Ibrahim to fourth place.

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* 1979 births Living people Jordanian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Jordan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amman Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Jordan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Jordanian people {{Jordan-taekwondo-bio-stub