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Cheick Sallah Cissé Junior[1] (born 19 September 1993) is an Ivorian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2]

FullnameCheick Sallah Cissé Junior
NicknamePolozo
NationalityIvorian
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 33)
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Cheick Sallah Cissé
Personal information
Full nameCheick Sallah Cissé Junior
NicknamePolozo
NationalityIvorian
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 33)
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event
 –80 kg
ClubINEKA Taekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Ivory Coast
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio De Janeiro80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris+80 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku+87 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2015 Moscow80 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Rabat80 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 London80 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Abidjan (F)80 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Riyadh (F)+80 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Paris+80 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester (F)+80 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Samsun80 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Taoyuan80 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Rome+80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Manchester80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Moscow80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Fujairah (F)80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Rome80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Paris+80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester+80 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville80 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat80 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Port Said80 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Dakar87 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Agadir80 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Kigali87 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tunis80 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2015 Gwangju80 kg
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After winning gold at the 2015 African Games in the men's 80 kg, he represented Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the same category.[3] He reached the final of the tournament, competing against Britain's Lutalo Muhammad. Behind by six points to five, Cissé scored with a head-kick in the final second of the match to win the tie 8–6 and take the gold medal.[4] The gold was Ivory Coast's first ever Olympic title,[5] and came on a night where Ruth Gbagbi won a bronze in the women's 67 kg taekwondo, increasing the country's all-time Olympic medals from one to three in one session.[5]

He also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg event.[6]

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