Jaouad Achab

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Jaouad Achab
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Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born20 August 1992 (1992-08-20) (age 30)
Tangier, Morocco
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Chelyabinsk Bantamweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Manchester Bantamweight
Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Manchester 68 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Mexico 68 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Baku 68 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Baku Bantamweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Montreux Bantamweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Bari Bantamweight
Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Gwangju Bantamweight

Jaouad Achab (born 20 August 1992) is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg, [1] and at the 2015 World Championships, [2] becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion.

In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom. [3]

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References

  1. Vande Weyer, Philippe (8 May 2014). "Jaouad Achab, un passeport qui change tout" (in French). lesoir.be. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. "Jaouad Achab champion du monde en -63kg en taekwondo" (in French). rtbf.be. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. "Men's bantamweight" (PDF). 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.