Nouridine Issaka Explained

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Nouridine Issaka
Full Name:	Nouridine Garba Issaka
Nationality:	Nigerien
Birth Date:	28 October 2005

Nouridine Garba Issaka (born 28 October 2005)^[1] is a taekwondo athlete from Niger. He won a gold medal at the 2023 All Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2023 African Taekwondo Championships.

Career

He competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games and won bronze in the Men's 58 kg in Konya, Turkey.^[2]

In 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won bronze in the -55kg category at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships.^[3]

He reached the quarter finals at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the Men's flyweight category in Baku.^[4]

In November 2023, at the age of 18 years-old, he won gold in the 58kg at the African Taekwondo Championships, held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.^[5] ^[6]

He won a gold medal in the -58kg category in March 2024 at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.^[7] ^[8]

He competed in the −58 kg category st the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal and successfully qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[9] ^[10]

Notes and References

Web site: ISSAKA GARBA NOURIDINE. Olympics.com. 19 July 2024.
Web site: Erkekler Tekvando'da Görkem Polat, gümüş madalya sahibi oldu.. Konyayenigun. 19 July 2024. 11 August 2022.
Web site: Cadet and Junior Taekwondo World Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria: Young Noureddine Issaka-55kg wins bronze medal. nigerdiaspora. 19 July 2024. 9 August 2022.
Web site: 30 May 2023. World Taekwondo Championships. 19 July 2024.
Web site: Niger was a surprise in the African Championship. Mundotaekwondo. 19 July 2024. Carlos. Hernandez. 10 November 2023.
Web site: Taekwondo: Nouridine Issaka wins gold at the African Championship in Abidjan. news.anieamey.com. 19 July 2024. 6 November 2023.
Web site: Nouridine Issaka Garba alias Tissilé: The new African Taekwondo champion in the Senior category of -58Kg. 19 July 2024. Lesahel.org. 1 February 2024.
Web site: Taekwondo Victory: A Source of Inspiration for Sport in Niger. 227sports. 19 July 2024. 24 March 2024 .
Web site: The list of Nigerian athletes qualified for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games is known. Studiokalangou.com. 19 July 2024. 9 July 2024.
Web site: Tournoi de Qualification Olympique : Les deux taekwondoïstes Bocar Diop et Idrissa Keita qualifiés pour les JO Paris 2024, le canoéiste Yves Bourhis également. wiwsport. 19 July 2024. 11 February 2024.