Akram Al-Noor Explained

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Akram Al-Noor
Fullname:	Akram Ahmed Abdullah Al-Noor
Birth Date:	3 December 1987
Birth Place:	Sana'a, Yemen
Weight:	540NaN0
Sport:	Taekwondo
Event:	58 kg
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Akram Ahmed Abdullah Al-Noor (Arabic: أكرم أحمد عبدالله النور; born 3 December 1987) is a retired Yemeni taekwondo practitioner.^{[1] [2]} Al-Noor qualified for the Yemeni squad, as a 16-year-old teen, in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris, France. He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Ukraine's Oleksandr Shaposhnyk with a default score of 5–7.^[3] Al-Noor was also appointed as the Yemeni flag bearer by the National Olympic Committee in the opening ceremony.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Akram Abdullah . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202434/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/akram-abdullah-1.html . dead . 18 September 2017 . 24 September 2013 . no.
2. Akram Al-Noor . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/akram-al-noor-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 17 June 2016 . no.
3. Web site: Taekwondo – Men's Flyweight (58kg/128lbs) Round of 16 . . . 12 August 2004 . 24 September 2013.
4. News: 2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony . . 13 August 2004 . 11 September 2013.