Ahmad Abu Al-Soud Explained

Ahmad Abu Al-Soud
Birth Date:1995 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Amman, Jordan[1]
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Headcoach:Gurgen Sirekanian
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Ahmad Abu Al-Soud (Arabic: احمد ابو السعود; born 5 July 1995)[2] is a Jordanian artistic gymnast. He became the first gymnast from Jordan to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won the silver medal on pommel horse at the 2022 World Championships. He then won the bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2023 World Championships. He is also the 2019 and 2022 Asian champion on the pommel horse. He has qualified to represent Jordan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the first gymnast from Jordan to do so.

Career

Abu Al-Soud began gymnastics when he was four years old.[3] He considered retiring in 2015, but his coach encouraged him to continue.

Abu Al-Soud won the bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2016 Mersin World Challenge Cup.[4] He placed sixth on the pommel horse at the 2017 Koper World Challenge Cup.[5] His first World Championships was in 2017, and he finished 36th on pommel horse in the qualification round.[6] He won his first major international medal at the 2019 Asian Championships, a gold on the pommel horse. He won his first FIG World Cup gold medal at the 2021 Mersin World Challenge Cup on the pommel horse.[7]

2022

Abu Al-Soud began the 2022 season with a bronze medal on the pommel horse at the Cairo World Cup.[8] He won another pommel horse bronze medal at the Varna World Challenge Cup.[9] Then at the Asian Championships, he defended his pommel horse title.[10] At the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games (held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic),[11] he was a flag bearer in the opening ceremony alongside Aliya Boshnak. He won the gold medal in the pommel horse final.[12]

At the World Championships in Liverpool, Abu Al-Soud qualified for the pommel horse event final in eighth place, becoming the first gymnast from Jordan to qualify for an event final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[13] He then won the silver medal in the pommel horse final behind Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan.[14] This marked the first time a gymnast from Jordan and the first time an Arab gymnast had won a medal at the World Championships.[3] [15]

2023

Abu Al-Soud finished eighth in the pommel horse final at the 2023 Cottbus World Cup.[16] At the Asian Championships, he won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind Kazakhstan's Nariman Kurbanov.[17] He won the gold medal by nearly a full point on the pommel horse at the Mersin World Challenge Cup.[18] At the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023 due the COVID-19 pandemic),[19] he made a mistake in the qualification round and did not advance into the pommel horse final.[20] Then at the World Championships, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Rhys McClenaghan and Khoi Young.[21] Because he finished behind McClenaghan, he did not earn the pommel horse 2024 Olympic berth.[22]

2024

Abu Al-Soud registered for the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series to earn points for Olympic qualification.[23] He won the pommel horse gold medal at the first event in Cairo.[24] He then won the silver medal behind Kazakhstan's Nariman Kurbanov at the second event in Cottbus.[25] He won the gold medal at the final event in Doha,[26] securing qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[27] He is the first Jordanian gymnast to ever qualify for the Olympic Games.[28] He was the overall pommel horse winner of the World Cup series[29] and entered the 2024 Olympics as the world's number one ranked pommel horse gymnast.[30]

Abu Al-Soud won the gold medal at the 2024 Antalya World Challenge Cup ahead of Kurbanov by one-tenth of a point.[31] Then at the 2024 Asian Championships, he won the pommel horse bronze medal behind Kubanov and Uzbekistan's Abdulla Azimov.[32]

At the 2024 Olympics, Abu Al-Soud fell twice during his pommel horse qualification routine and failed to advance to the final,[33] scoring 12.466 and ranking 51st out of the 64 starting pommel horse gymnasts.[34]

Personal life

Abu Al-Soud is in graduate school for a degree in sports science at Al-Ahliyya Amman University.[35] [36]

Eponymous skill

Abu Al-Soud has a skill on the pommel horse that is named after him in the Code of Points.[37] [38]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abu Al Soud Ahmad . . 8 November 2022.
  2. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men Entry List by NOC . . . 8 November 2022 . 13 . 31 October 2022 . dead . 8 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221108103919/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2022.pdf.
  3. Web site: Ibrahim Mustafa . Mays . Gymnastics 'runs in the blood' of Jordan's 1st world medalist . . 8 November 2022 . 6 November 2022.
  4. Web site: Turkish delight at Mersin World Challenge Cup . . 16 February 2024 . 4 July 2016.
  5. Web site: FIG World Challenge Cup 2017 Koper, Slovenia Men's Event Finals . . 16 February 2024 . 2.
  6. Web site: Men's Qualifications, 2017 World Championships . FloGymnastics . 16 February 2024.
  7. Web site: Three golds for Hungary at final World Challenge Cup of the season . . 16 February 2024 . 13 September 2021.
  8. Web site: Armenian, Ukrainian gymnasts earn golden triples at Cairo Apparatus World Cup . . 16 February 2024 . 22 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Varna - Results Men 2022 . . 3 May 2023 . 30 May 2022.
  10. Web site: Al-Omeri . Khaled . Abu Al-Saud wins gold at Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships . Jordan News . 16 February 2024 . 18 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Berkeley . Geoff . Islamic Solidarity Games postponed by 12 months due to COVID-19 . . 16 February 2024 . 23 May 2021.
  12. Web site: Berkeley . Geoff . Iran win hat-trick of wrestling golds at Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya . . 16 February 2024 . 11 August 2022.
  13. Web site: Across the Gymnastics universe, a Worlds that rang with the sounds of history . . 8 November 2022 . 7 November 2022.
  14. Web site: McClenaghan earns Ireland's first World title . . 8 November 2022 . 5 November 2022.
  15. Web site: Jordan NOC welcomes home gymnastics silver medallist Ahmad Abu Al Soud . . 8 November 2022.
  16. Web site: Gymnasts from seven nations snag titles at Cottbus World Cup . . 16 February 2024 . 27 February 2023.
  17. Web site: Ahmed Abu Al-Saud, a graduate student in the Department of Physical Education and Health at Al-Ahliyya Amman University, won the Silver Medal in the Asian Gymnastics Championship . . 16 February 2024 . 18 June 2023.
  18. Web site: Magnificent in Mersin, Ukraine and Türkiye savor golden days at World Challenge Cup . . 16 February 2024 . 6 September 2023.
  19. Web site: Chakraborty . Amlan . Games Hangzhou Asian Games postponed until 2023 over COVID . . 16 February 2024 . 6 May 2022.
  20. Web site: Abu Al-Saud Exits Asian Games . . 16 February 2024 . 24 September 2023.
  21. Web site: Olympic champions lead the way as first apparatus titles decided in Antwerp . . 16 February 2024 . 7 October 2023.
  22. Web site: Duffy . Patricia . Olympic berths awarded as final champions crowned at 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships . Gymnastics Now . 16 February 2024 . 9 October 2023.
  23. Web site: For Artistic gymnasts, the race to Paris picks up with this week's Cairo World Cup . . 16 February 2024 . 13 February 2024.
  24. Web site: Olympic qualification is on as 2024 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup series comes alive in Cairo . . 4 June 2024 . 20 February 2024.
  25. Web site: Champions in Cottbus! All the thrills from a World Cup weekend to remember . . 4 June 2024 . 27 February 2024.
  26. Web site: The Doha decider: inside a doubly significant weekend in Artistic Gymnastics . . 4 June 2024 . 22 April 2024.
  27. Web site: 23 more Artistic gymnasts have earned Olympic berths! See who's headed to Paris here . . 4 June 2024 . 22 April 2024.
  28. Web site: Ahmad Abu Al Soud becomes first Jordanian gymnast to qualify for Olympics . . 4 June 2024 . 21 April 2024.
  29. Web site: Nemour, Derwael, Davtyans top the charts as 2024 World Cup series champions . . 4 June 2024 . 23 April 2024.
  30. News: Jordanian gymnast Ahmad Abu al-Soud eyes Olympic gold in Paris . Lomas . Mark . . 2 July 2024 . 20 August 2024 .
  31. Web site: Barbosa, de Jesus dos Santos, Asil make golden impressions as World Challenge Cup season begins . . 4 June 2024 . 1 April 2024.
  32. Web site: Impressive Performances at the Senior Men's Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championship in Tashkent . Asian Gymnastics Union . 4 June 2024 . 19 May 2024.
  33. News: China leads qualifying round of gymnastics men's team . China Daily Hong Kong . Xinhua . 28 July 2024 . 20 August 2024 .
  34. Web site: Men's Pommel Horse - Qualification results . Olympics . 20 August 2024 . 27 July 2024.
  35. Web site: Kwek . Kimberly . Lim . Kai Yue . History-making gymnasts from Chinese Taipei, Jordan and South Korea inspire those back home . . 16 February 2024 . 18 June 2023.
  36. Web site: Abu Al-Saud Wins Bronze at the World Gymnastics Championship . . 16 February 2024 . 8 November 2023.
  37. Web site: 2022 – 2024 Code of Points Men's Artistic Gymnastics . . 29 December 2023 . 76.
  38. Web site: 10 new elements named for their creators in Men's Gymnastics . . 16 February 2024 . 13 January 2020.

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