Seydou Gbané Explained

Seydou Gbané
Birth Date:1992 4, df=yes
Country:Ivory Coast
Sport:Taekwondo
Weight Class:87 kg

Seydou Gbané (born 12 April 1992) is an Ivorian taekwondo practitioner.

He competed at the African Games both in 2015 and in 2019. He won the bronze medal in the men's -87 kg event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. He also competed at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's -87 kg event.[1] [2] [3]

He also won the gold medal in the men's -87 kg event at the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco. In 2019, he competed in the men's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics held Tokyo, Japan in the men's +80 kg weight class.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seydou Gbane - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 26 August 2019. 26 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826174651/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_taekwondo-athlete-profile-n1007364-gbane-seydou.htm.
  2. Web site: Keep and De Lange win cycling titles at African Games. Patrick. O’Kane. 21 August 2019. Inside the Games. 26 August 2019. 26 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826175019/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083761/keep-and-de-lange-triumph-in-casablanca.
  3. Web site: Taekwondo Day 1 Results. 2019 African Games. live. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531213015/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%201%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf. 31 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190522042201/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Results-–-Day-5-–-Manchester-2019-WTC.pdf. 22 May 2019. 9 August 2020. 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.
  5. Web site: Côte d’Ivoire : Seydou Gbané et Aminata Traoré qualifiés en Taekwondo pour les JO 2020. Soir. Afrik. 2020-02-24. Afrik Soir. fr-FR. 2020-02-25.
  6. Web site: Day 1 results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225082752/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DRAW.pdf. 25 February 2020. 9 August 2020. 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.