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| Full name | Ismael Yacouba Garba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1993 Niger | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Niger | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | athlete | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | 1 participation at the world university games held in Tai pei,Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | bronze medalist at the European clubs championships held in Zagreb,Croatia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2 participations at the world taekwondo championships | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 7 times National champion | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 7 medals at the world taekwondo opens tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ismael Yacouba Garba (born 27 April 1993) is a Nigerien taekwondo practitioner.
In 2017, he competed in the men's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea. [1] At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, he won the silver medal in the men's 68 kg event. [2] [3]
In 2019, he competed in the men's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. [4] In the same year, he represented Niger at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 68 kg event. [5] In the final, he defeated Abdelrahman Wael of Egypt.