Nadin Dawani (born 20 April 1988) is a Jordanian
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...
practitioner who competes in the 67 kg category. She was born in
Amman, Jordan
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...
on 20 April 1988.
She became the first Jordanian Taekwondo player to be named Asian Champion after winning the gold medal at the
2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam and has qualified for and represented Jordan in the Olympic Games of
2004,
2008
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and
2012
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.
Dawani was the flag-bearer for Jordan at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
At the 2004 Olympics, Dawani reached the semi-finals. She beat
Princess Dudu in the first round, then
Nataša Vezmar in the second, before losing to
Myriam Baverel
Myriam Baverel (born 14 January 1981) is a French taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a silver medal in the +67 kg class. in the semi-final. Because Baverel reached the final, Dawani was placed in the repechage but lost to
Adriana Carmona
Adriana Carmona (born December 3, 1972 in Puerto La Cruz) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist.
Olympic Games
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a bronze medal in the +67 kg class ...
.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost her first match to
Sarah Stevenson
Sarah Diana Stevenson, MBE (born 30 March 1983) is a British taekwondo athlete.
A world champion in 2001, Stevenson won her country's first ever Olympic medal in taekwondo, a bronze, at the 2008 Games in Beijing, her third Ol ...
. In the 2012 Olympics, she lost 13–8 in the preliminary round to
Maryna Konieva of Ukraine.
References
Jordanian female taekwondo practitioners
1988 births
Living people
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Amman
Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Jordan
Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Jordan
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
21st-century Jordanian women
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