Seif Eissa

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Seif Eissa
Personal information
Born (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 25)
Cairo, Egypt
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportTaekwondo
Weight class80 Kg
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 80 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 80 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2016 Baku (F) 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rabat 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester (F) 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taoyuan 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Manchester 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Riyadh (F) 80 kg
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Accra 80 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kigali 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Port Said 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Agadir 74 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 80 kg

Seif Eissa (Arabic: سيف عيسى; born 15 June 1998) is an Egyptian Taekwondo practitioner & a Bronze medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[1] He also earned a gold medal at the 2015 African Games in Gaborone.

In 2020, he competed in the men's 80 kg event at the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and he qualified to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, he won the gold medal in the men's 80 kg event.[4][5] A few months later, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won one of the bronze medals in the 80 kg event.[6]

He won the gold medal in the men's 80 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics". Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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