Zaid Kareem
Jordanian taekwondo practitioner (born 2001)
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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.
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Kareem (blue) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zaid Mustafa Mahmoud Abdul Kareem |
| Born | 19 June 2001 (age 24)[1] |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
Medal record | |
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.[2] 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.[3][4]
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.[5] In the semi-final on 8 August 2024, he defeated Bradly Sinden to guarantee a medal in the 68kg category.[6]