ALMOSAWI Sayed Mohammed

World Championships

Year	Location	Kata	Team Kata
2018	Madrid, ESP	7	7

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Kata	Team Kata
2019	Can Tho, VIE	3	3
2018	Amman, JOR	-	3

Karate 1 Premier League - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2020/2021	Men's Team Kata	Dubai, UAE
1	2019	Men's Team Kata	Shanghai, CHN
1	2019	Men's Team Kata	Paris, FRA
1	2018	Men's Team Kata	Berlin, GER
1	2018	Men's Team Kata	Dubai, UAE
2	2019	Men's Team Kata	Dubai, UAE
3	2020/2021	Men's Team Kata	Salzburg, AUT
3	2018	Men's Team Kata	Istanbul, TUR
3	2018	Men's Team Kata	Paris, FRA
3	2017	Men's Team Kata	Halle, GER

Karate 1 Series A - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Men's Team Kata	Shanghai, CHN
2	2018	Men's Team Kata	Salzburg, AUT
2	2017	Men's Team Kata	Salzburg, AUT
2	2017	Men's Team Kata	Toledo, ESP
3	2020	Men's Team Kata	Santiago, CHI
3	2019	Men's Team Kata	Salzburg, AUT
5	2020	Kata	Santiago, CHI
5	2017	Men's Team Kata	Istanbul, TUR
9	2018	Kata	Salzburg, AUT
13	2017	Kata	Toledo, ESP

He and his twin brother Sayed Salman Almosawi are known as the Karate Twins. (Facebook team page, 25 Jan 2020; Kuwait Olympic Twitter profile, 31 Jul 2019)

Athlete

Electrical Engineering - American University of Kuwait, As Salimiyah, KUW

Arabic, English, Persian

Al Yarmouk Sporting Club [Mishref, KUW]

Asier Elordui Pintado [national]; Seyed Alaedin Nekoofar [personal]

His twin brother Sayed Salman Almosawi has represented Kuwait at karate and competed in men's team kata at the 2018 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. He also won bronze in the men's team kata at the 2019 Asian championships and bronze medals in the individual kata and men's team kata at the 2018 Asian championships. His father Sayed Abdullah is also a World Karate Federation judge and an Asian Karate Federation referee. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jul 2021; Sayed Abdullah Almosawi Instagram profile, 07 Jul 2021; Salman Almosawi Instagram profile, 07 Jul 2021; alziadiq8.com, 01 Jul 2021)

He took up karate in 2003 at the Al Yarmouk Sporting Club in Kuwait. (AlziadiQ8 Blog Plus 3 YouTube channel, 01 Jul 2021; alanba.com.kw, 23 Jun 2021)

His father inspired his interest in martial arts. He and his brother tried different sports before deciding to commit to karate. (AlziadiQ8 Blog Plus 3 YouTube channel, 01 Jul 2021)

To win gold at the Olympic Games. (Facebook profile, 19 Jul 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through a Tripartite Commission invitation. (Facebook profile, 25 Jun 2021)

His father. (alanba.com.kw, 23 Jun 2021)

"Don't ever lose hope." (Twitter profile, 18 Jun 2021)