SALIM Omar

Date of Birth: 12 Apr 2003

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Place of residence : LOS ANGELES, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men -58kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -58kg Round of 16 #111 HUN SALIM OSALIM Omar 13 ITA DELL'AQUILA VDELL'AQUILA Vito 26 PTF	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -58kg Repechage #136 HUN SALIM OSALIM Omar 43 PTG THA SAWEKWIHAREE RSAWEKWIHAREE Ramnarong 22	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -58kg Bronze Medal Contests #142 HUN SALIM OSALIM Omar 16 KOR JANG JJANG Jun 46 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-54kg	2021	Sofia, BUL

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

MTK Budapest [Hungary]

Gergely Salim [father]

Sporting relatives:

His father Gergely competed internationally in taekwondo for both Denmark and Hungary, and won gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where taekwondo was a demonstration sport. He also claimed gold at the 1991 World Championships in Athens, Greece. His older brother Sharif competed in the sport for Hungary at the 2021 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. His younger sister Kamilah has won US national age group taekwondo titles. His mother Sabrina has served as a taekwondo instructor. His uncle Jozsef Salim represented Hungary in the sport at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (tbrnews.com, 08 Aug 2016; World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 08 May 2021; salimtkd.com, 12 Oct 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 14 Jun 2021)

He took up taekwondo as a child at his father's academy in Redondo Beach, CA, United States of America. (tbrnews.com, 08 Aug 2016)

His father was a competitive taekwondo athlete and coach and introduced him to the sport. (tbrnews.com, 08 Aug 2016)

Securing an Olympic quota spot for Hungary in the -58kg category at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. "This is amazing. This is my first year as a senior and just my second competition as a senior. So to come into the senior category and do this is beyond me." (World Taekwondo YouTube channel, 08 May 2021)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING HUNGARY
In 2019 he switched international allegiance from the United States of America to Hungary. "When I think of Hungary, my grandmother always reminds me of the way she cooked for me and told me about her life here, I always like to think back to that." (salimtkd.com, 12 Oct 2017; wtftaekwondo.hu, 24 Sep 2019; 24.hu, 17 Apr 2021)

Milestones

He became the first taekwondo athlete representing Hungary to win gold at the European championships, when he was victorious in the -54kg category at the 2021 edition in Sofia, Bulgaria. (index.hu, 08 Apr 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 14 Jun 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score
PTG:: Win by Point Gap

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