Omar Salim
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| Birth name | Omar Gergely Salim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 2003 Carson, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Finweight Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Salim's Taekwondo Center MTK Budapest (2019–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gergely Salim (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Omar Gergely Salim (born 12 April 2003) is an American taekwondo athlete who is currently based in Hungary and represents that country on international level despite having no Hungarian citizenship. He is the youngest son of Gergely Salim, a former Olympic champion.[1][2][3]
Career[]
He won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships men's 54 kgs.[4] A month later, he qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
He has represented both the US and Hungary.
Personal life[]
He was born to a Tanzanian father and a Hungarian mother. The youngest son of former Olympic, world and european champion Gergely Salim. His uncle Joseph Salim, was also a 6-time European medalist. His brother and training partner, Shariff Salim, was Pan American Junior champion in 2019, alongside with him.
One of his main supporters and sponsors is famous Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, as he used to train with master Gergely Salim at his dojang Salim's Taekwondo Center in Los Angeles. Zlatan played for LA Galaxy from 2018 to 2019 and was always passionate about taekwondo.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Home". Salim's Taekwondo Center. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ Pegher, Kelcie. "Meet the family of taekwondo champions in Redondo Beach". The Beach Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "SALIM Omar - Olympic profile". Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "Teenagers take gold on opening day of European Taekwondo C.. [World Taekwondo]". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "Ibrahimovic's Favorite Eyes Hungary's First Olympic Gold in Taekwondo". Hungary Today. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ {{Cite web|title=Zlatan Ibrahimović support tweet|url=https://twitter.com/ibra_official/status/1154484576594432000%7Curl-status=live%7Caccess-date=2021-05-13%7Cwebsite=Twitter%7Clanguage=en}
External links[]
- Omar Salim at TaekwondoData.com
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