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Firas Katoussi

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Firas Katoussi
Personal information
Born (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)
Height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Tunisia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 80 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara 74 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Taiyuan 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paris 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester 80 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 80 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kigali 74 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 74 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 80 kg

Firas Katoussi (also spelled Katousi, born 6 September 1995) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg. event.

Career

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He won one of the bronze medals in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event.[1] He also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[2]

In 2020, he competed in the men's 80 kg event at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] He finished in 3rd place.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 80 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5]

Achievements

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Event Location Weight class Ranking
2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 80 Kg Gold
Event Location Weight class Ranking
2019 World Championships Manchester, United Kingdom 74 Kg PAR
2022 World Championships Guadalajara, Mexico 74 Kg Bronze
2023 World Championships Baku, Azerbaidjan 74 Kg PAR
Edition Weight GP 1 GP 2 GP 3 GP Final
2022 80 Kg QF
Italy Rome
Bronze
France Paris
Bronze
United Kingdom Manchester
QF
Saudi Arabia Riadh
2023 80 Kg PAR
Italy Rome
PAR
France Paris
Gold
China Taiyuan
PAR
United Kingdom Manchester

African Games

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Event Location Weight class Ranking
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 74 Kg Gold
2023 African Games Accra, Ghana 80 Kg Gold

African Championships

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Event Location Weight class Ranking
2021 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 74 Kg Gold
2022 African Championships Kigali, Rwanda 74 Kg Gold
2023 African Championships Abidjan, Ivory Coast Did not compete

Decoration

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References

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  1. ^ "Taekwondo". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas
  2. ^ "Results - Page 434" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas
  3. ^ Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020. Firas Katousi
  4. ^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020. firas katousi tun-1791, F. Katousi
  5. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022. 06 SEP 1995 Men -80kg KATOUSSI Firas
  6. ^ kapitalis, webmaster (2024-08-17). "Les médaillés tunisiens au JO Paris 2024 honorés par le chef de l'Etat". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  7. ^ "JO 2024 : Les trois médaillés tunisiens décorés par Kaïs Saïed". Webdo TN (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
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