Jaouad Achab (born 20 August 1992) is a

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 from

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg, and at the 2015 World Championships, becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion. In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's bantamweight event at the

2019 World Taekwondo Championships The 2019 World Taekwondo Championships was the 24th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Great Britain from 15 to 19 May 2019. This was the first time the UK has held the event. Medal ...

in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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* * * * 1992 births Living people Belgian male taekwondo practitioners European Games competitors for Belgium Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Belgium Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade gold medalists for Belgium European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-taekwondo-bio-stub