Birth Place: | Lyari Town, Pakistan |
Height: | 1,75m |
Weight: | -75kg |
Sport: | Karate |
Club: | Al-Ittihad Kalba SC WAPDA |
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Saadi Abbas Jalbani (born 1 January 1988 in Karachi) is a Pakistani karate competitor and captain of Pakistan National Karate team. In 2011, Saadi became the first ever Asian Champion in all South Asian region, he is currently playing as a professional from Al-Ittihad Kalba club.
Jalbani was born in 1988 in Lyari Town Karachi South.[1] He started Karate in 1996 when he was 7 years old, Saadi has earned a black belt in karate on 15 April 2001. In 2018, he became the captain of Pakistan National Karate Team and joined WAPDA Karate team in 2007[1] As of 2014, he was the only karate competitor from South Asia who has won a gold medal at an Asian Karate Championship.[2]