CISSE Cheick Sallah

Côte d'Ivoire
Taekwondo
19 Sep 1993
27
Male
BOUAKE
 
Côte d'Ivoire
PALMA DE MALLORCA
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TKW Taekwondo Men -80kg 11

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men -80kg Round of 16
#316
CIV
CISSE CSCISSE Cheick Sallah
11
MAR
MAHBOUBI AMAHBOUBI Achraf
21
PTF
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1-80kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3rd Round-80kg2019Manchester, GBR
3rd Round-80kg2015Chelyabinsk, RUS
3rd Round-80kg2017Muju, KOR

African Games
RankEventYearLocation
1-80kg2019Rabat, MAR

African Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1-87kg2021Dakar, SEN
1-80kg2018Agadir, MAR

Grand Prix Final
RankEventYearLocation
1-80kg2017Abidjan, CIV
3-80kg2018Fujairah, UAE

Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
1-80kg2017London, GBR
1-80kg2017Rabat, MAR
2-80kg2018Taoyuan, TPE
3-80kg2019Rome, ITA
3-80kg2017Moscow, RUS
Quarterfinal-80kg2019Chiba, JPN
Round 2-80kg2018Manchester, GBR
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Polozo (abidjan.ne, 09 Nov 2015)
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Athlete
:
Electrical Engineering - Group LOKO School of Technology, Abidjan, CIV
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French
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Club Elite Ramos & Brigitte [Palma de Mallorca, ESP]
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Juan Antonio Ramos [club], ESP; Brigitte Yague [club],ESP
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He took up taekwondo at age eight in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. (worldtaekwondofederation.net, 09 Dec 2015)
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He switched from karate to taekwondo when he moved from Bouake to Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. "I took up taekwondo thanks to my father, who worked in a school where they had a taekwondo programme. I started with it just to have fun after school. This period of my life ignited in me a burning desire to succeed, and made me realise that taekwondo was going to be my way to achieve something special." (worldtaekwondofederation.net, 09 Dec 2015; olympicchannel.com, 01 Sep 2019; World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2017)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 17 May 2019)
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Winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2017)
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Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba, Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto'o. (olympicchannel.com, 17 May 2019)
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First coach Lucien Christian Kragbe. (mundotaekwondo.com, 07 Nov 2018)
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"If you choose to do something in life, do it to be the very best. And no matter what happens, never forget where you come from." (World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2017)
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In 2019 he was named among the 100 most influential people in Cote d'Ivoire by the Association of Lobbying and Public Affairs Consultants [ACLAP]. (afrikmag.com, 01 Feb 2019)

In 2016 he received the Best Kick of the Year Award at the World Taekwondo Federation Gala. (africatopsports.com, 12 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
MOTIVATION
He says he is motivated by the influence that he has had on children in his home country of Cote d'Ivoire. "Thanks to me there are now children dreaming of becoming champions, and this is very nice. These young people are now my main motivation. I am an Olympic champion and I've won several medals, so I don't have anything more to prove. My motivation today is the youth. Becoming an Olympic champion has given me the opportunity to make a change and to create impact for my community, for my country and for the continent of Africa. It is today my duty to give back to the young generation and to empower more kids to learn the life lessons that the sport of taekwondo has to offer." (olympicchannel.com, 01 Sep 2019; World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2017)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PTF:
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