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Jordanian taekwondo practitioner (born 2001) 


Zaid Kareem
Personal information
Born19 June 2001 (2001-06-19) (age 23)
Sport
SportTaekwondo

    Medal record









Representing  Jordan




Olympic Games




Silver medal – second place
2024 Paris
68 kg




Asian Games




Silver medal – second place
 2022 Hangzhou 
68 kg




Asian Championships




Silver medal – second place
 2022 Chuncheon 
68 kg




Bronze medal – third place
 2021 Beirut 
68 kg




Youth Olympic Games




Bronze medal – third place
 2018 Buenos Aires
55 kg





Zaid Kareem (Arabic: زيد كريم; born 19 June 2001) is a Jordanian Taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.



Career


He won bronze at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in the 55 kg category. He was a bronze medallist at the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Beirut in the -68 kg division. In 2022, he became the first Jordanian to top the world taekwondo rankings. That year, he won the 2022 Grand Prix Final in Riyadh, as well as reaching the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships. He was also a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea.

He also won a silver at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in the Men's 68 kg. He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the semi-final on 8 August 2024, he defeated Bradly Sinden to guarantee a medal in the 68kg category.



References


    

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