Dr. Mohamed Riad Ibrahim (born October 26, 1955, in Cairo, Egypt) is a taekwondo international referee who participated in the

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in Athens, Greece and the

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, Australia.

Biography

Ibrahim started in taekwondo in 1975 at The American University in Cairo (AUC) with a Korean coach. He became a referee in taekwondo in 1980 and international referee in 1989, and international poomsae referee in 2008. He is now an 8 dan black belt in taekwondo, and the Chairman of the belt exam committee for the Egyptian Taekwondo Federation. He has a doctorate degree in food science and technology from

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in the year 2000 in Egypt, and High Diploma in Taekwondo Training from

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in 2008, and he was manager of Saudi Judo & Taekwondo Federation in 2009. He officiated as International Referee at the

1999 World Taekwondo Championships The 1999 World Taekwondo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Butterdome, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada from June 2 to June 6, 1999, with 550 athletes participating from 66 countri ...

in Edmonton, Canada, and at the

2011 World Taekwondo Championships The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranki ...

in Gyeongju, South Korea. He officiated as International Referee at World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan 2011, and Asian Qualification Tournament that was held in Bangkok, Thailand 2011, and European Qualification Tournament that was held in Kazan, Russia 2012.

References

* http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5003675 * http://mohamedriad.awardspace.us/Pictures.html * https://www.wtmu.org/egypt * https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/28579183/7wqt2011-list-of-refereespdf-world-taekwondo-federation 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairo Al-Azhar University alumni {{Egypt-taekwondo-bio-stub