Tag: Arabian World Records

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa Wins 2nd Medal For Jordan, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 06th, 2021

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa. Karate. Athlete

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa has won Jordan’s second medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after clinching a bronze in the 67kg Karate competition, according to the Jordan Olympic Committee News Service. 

The 25-year-old medical student won every single fight in Pool B to book a semifinal match against Turkey’s Eray Samdan, which he lost 2-0.

This is Jordan’s second medal at the current Olympics followingSaleh Al-Sharabaty’s silver in taekwondo 80kg event last week.

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Jordan’s Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa poses with his bronze medal in the men’s -67kg kumite event of the karate competition at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday (AFP photo by Alexander Nemenov) / pix: jordantimes.com

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JORDAN

Man Assad Wins 1st Medal For Syria, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 04th, 2021

Man Assad. Weight Lifter. Athlete.

Syrian weightlifter Man Asaad on Wednesday picked up an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s plus-109-kilogram competition at the Tokyo International Forum.

The 27-year-old posted a 190 in the snatch category and followed that with a clean and jerk best of 234, for a total of 424.

Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia won gold with a new Olympic and world record 488, while silver medal winner Ali Davoudi of Iran managed a score of 441.

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Asaad at the 2018 Asian Games /
pix: Fars News Agency / en.wikipedia.org

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SYRIA

Mohamed El-Sayed Wins 3rd Medal For Egypt, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 04th, 2021

Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (aka) Mohamed ‘Kesho’ Ibrahim Elsayed. Amateur Wrestling. Athlete.

Egyptian star Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed clinched Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg bronze medal .

The 23-year-old defeated Artem Surkov of the ROC in the bonze medal match  at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.

Other Titles : A few:

  • Won the gold medal in Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg as well at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco
  • Two-time U23 World Champion etc.

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Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed of Egypt celebrates defeating Russian Olympic Committee s Artem Surkov during the men s 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP) /english.ahram.org.eg/OlympicsNews/418390.aspx

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EGYPT

Mutaz Essa Barshim Wins 2nd Gold Medal For Qatar, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Mutaz Essa Barsham. Track and Field Athlete. High Jump.

Mutaz Barshim high jumper claims a first ever gold medal in the track and field with victory in the men’s high jump.

 High jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy share gold medal

The pair had a choice of a jump-off for one gold or shared medals, and they chose the latter because of their longtime friendship.

Both high jumpers were perfect until the bar was set to the Olympic-record height of 2.39 meters (7 feet, 10 inches). Each missed three times.

Earlier Wins:

  • National record holder
  • Asian record holder with a best mark of 2.43 m (7 ft 11+1⁄2 in).
  • Winner, gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London
  • Winner at 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha.
  • Winner bronze at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Winner silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
  • Winnr gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo.
  • Asian Indoor and World Junior champion in 2010
  • Winner – high jump gold medals at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships  
  • Winner at 2011 Military World Games

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pix: twitter.com/TamimBinHamad/status

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QATAR

Saleh Elsharabaty Wins Jordan’s First Medal, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Saleh Elsharabaty (aka) Abu Salah. Athlete. Taekwondo.

Saleh Elsharabaty won the Silver medal. Fell just short of grabbing an Olympic gold for Jordan when he lost the Taekwondo men’s 80 kg final 20-9 to Maksim Khramtcov of the Russian Olympic Committee at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo.

Elsharabaty – Jordanian of Palestinian origin. Member of the Jordanian Taekwondo team

Earlier Wins :

  • Silver medal at the 2018 Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow
  • Gold at the 2018 Asian Championship
  • Bronze at the 2016 Asian Championship
  • Bronze at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta
  • Bronze at the 2017 Asian Indoor
  • Bronze at the Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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pix: en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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JORDAN / PALESTINE

Abdulla Al-Rashidi Wins Kuwait’s First Medal, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Abdullah Al-Rashidi. Sports Shooting. Skeet. Athlete.

A seven time Olympian who won a bronze medal for Kuwait at the Tokyo Olympics.

It was Abdullah Al-Rashidi’s second Olympic medal but first for his country.

“I am 58 years old. I am the oldest shooter and the bronze medal is worth more than gold for me. I am very happy for this medal, but I hope for a gold medal at the next Olympics,” he told the Olympic information service at the Asaka shooting range.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics Al-Rashidi competed as an individual Athlete winning a Bronze medal.

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pix: indiansinkuwait.com

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KUWAIT

Seif Issa Wins Egypt’s 2nd Medal, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Seif Issa. Athlete. Taekwondo.

Taekwondo fighter Seif Issa won the second bronze medal for Egypt after beating Andre Richard Ordemann of Norway 12-4 in the Men’s –80kg contest.

This is Egypt’s second medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as Egyptian Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak also secured a bronze medal after beating Paige Mcpherson of USA 17-6 on Monday.

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pix: www.sis.gov.eg

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EGYPT

Hedaya Malak Wins Egypt’s First Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Hedaya Malak Wahba (aka) Hedaya Malak. Athlete. Taekwondo.

Hedaya Malak Wahba defeated the United States of America’s Paige McPherson 17-6 in the bronze-medal event of the women’s 67kg Taekwondo event, winning Egypt’s first medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Hedaya became the first Arab woman to win two consecutive Olympic medals in Taekwondo, a great achievement for the Egyptian champion

She was also winner of the bronze medal in 2016 Olympics after defeating Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the Repechage.

First/s :

  • First woman in Egypt’s history to carry the flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
  • First Egyptian Woman to win a medal in Taekwondo at the Olympics
  • Hedaya became the first Arab woman to win two consecutive Olympic medals in Taekwondo, a great achievement.

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Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s 57 kg. Hedaya Malak (Egypt), bronze medal / Tasnim News Agency /pix: /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedaya_Malak /

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EGYPT

Tunisian Teen Ahmed Hafnaoui – Grabs Glory. Wins First Arab Gold Medal in Swimming, at Tokyo Olympics : July 2021

Ahmed Hafnaoui. Athlete. Swimming

Ahmed Hafnaoui creates history, wins first Arab gold in men’s 400m freestyle swimming.

The 18-year-old raced a sizzling final 50m to touch in 3:43.36 and overhaul Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and US swimmer Kieran Smith (3:43.94), who took bronze.

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pix: www.bbc.com/sport/

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TUNISIA

Tunisia’s Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi – First Arab to Win Tokyo Olympics Medal in Taekwondo : July 2021

Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi. Athlete. Taekwondo.

Tunisian taekwondo player Mohamed Khalil Al-Jandubi won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after losing the 58kg final to Italy’s Vito Delaquila on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Gindobi in the semi-finals defeated 2019 world champion Jang Joon of Korea and world number one earlier in the day.

This is the first Arab medal at the Tokyo Games to date.

Jendoubi’s medal was Tunisia’s second taekwondo Olympic medal after Oussama Oueslati won bronze in the 80kg category in 2016.

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pix: twitter.com/DZfoot_EN/

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TUNISIA