Zaid Kareem Explained

Zaid Kareem
Birth Date:[1]
Sport:Taekwondo

Zaid Kareem (Arabic: زيد كريم; born 19 June 2001) is a Jordanian Taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

He won bronze at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in the 55kg category. He was a bronze medallist at the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Beirut in the -68kg division. In 2022, he became the first Jordanian to top the world taekwondo rankings.[2] That year, he won the 2022 Grand Prix Final in Riyadh, as well as reaching the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships. He was also a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea.[3] [4]

He also won a silver at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in the Men's 68 kg. He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5] In the semi-final on 8 August 2024, he defeated Bradly Sinden to guarantee a medal in the 68kg category.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 7 August 2024. Zaid Kareem. Eurosport.
  2. Web site: Inside the Games. 8 August 2024. Zaid Kareem ready to give Jordan another Olympic taekwondo medal. Rafael. Khalatyan . 20 February 2024.
  3. Web site: the nationalnews. Zaid Kareem ready to build on Jordan's taekwondo rise at Paris Olympics. 8 August 2024. 15 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Olynpics.com. Asian Games 2023: Six breakout stars including Puripol Boonson to pay attention to at Paris 2024. 10 October 2023.
  5. Web site: thenationalnews. 8 August 2024. Zaid Kareem and Julyana Al Sadeq carry Jordan's Olympic medal hopes in taekwondo . 7 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Heartbreak as Doncaster's Bradly Sinden loses in semi-finals at Paris 2024. Doncasterfreepress. 8 August 2024. 8 August 2024.