Jaouad Achab
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1992 (age 31) Tangier, Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jaouad Achab (born 20 August 1992) is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg,[1] and at the 2015 World Championships,[2] becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion.
In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Vande Weyer, Philippe (8 May 2014). "Jaouad Achab, un passeport qui change tout" (in French). lesoir.be. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Jaouad Achab champion du monde en -63kg en taekwondo" (in French). rtbf.be. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Men's bantamweight" (PDF). 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Jaouad Achab at TaekwondoData.com
- Jaouad Achab at Olympedia
- Jaouad Achab at Olympics.com
- Jaouad Achab at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French)
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