József Salim (15 May 1967 – 8 April 2022) was a Hungarian taekwondo practitioner. He competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and

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 ...

Personal life

Salim was born in Hungary to a Tanzanian father and Hungarian mother, and moved to Denmark at a young age. His brother Gergely Salim, and nephew

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 ...

, were also Olympic boxers..

References

1967 births 2022 deaths Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Hungary Taekwondo practitioners at the 1992 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Budapest Hungarian people of Tanzanian descent {{Taekwondo-bio-stub