Nouridine Garba Issaka (born 28 October 2005)[1] is a taekwondo athlete from Niger. He won a gold medal at the 2023 All Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2023 African Taekwondo Championships.
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| Full name | Nouridine Garba Issaka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerien | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games and won bronze in the Men's 58 kg in Konya, Turkey.[2]
In 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won bronze in the -55kg category at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships.[3]
He reached the quarter finals at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the Men's flyweight category in Baku.[4]
In November 2023, at the age of 18 years-old, he won gold in the 58kg at the African Taekwondo Championships, held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[5][6]
He won a gold medal in the -58kg category in March 2024 at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[7][8]
He competed in the −58 kg category st the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal and successfully qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "ISSAKA GARBA NOURIDINE". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Erkekler Tekvando'da Görkem Polat, gümüş madalya sahibi oldu". Konyayenigun. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Cadet and Junior Taekwondo World Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria: Young Noureddine Issaka-55kg wins bronze medal". nigerdiaspora. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "World Taekwondo Championships" (PDF). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Hernandez, Carlos (10 November 2023). "Niger was a surprise in the African Championship". Mundotaekwondo. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo: Nouridine Issaka wins gold at the African Championship in Abidjan". news.anieamey.com. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Nouridine Issaka Garba alias Tissilé: The new African Taekwondo champion in the Senior category of -58Kg". Lesahel.org. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo Victory: A Source of Inspiration for Sport in Niger". 227sports. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "The list of Nigerian athletes qualified for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games is known". Studiokalangou.com. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Tournoi de Qualification Olympique : Les deux taekwondoïstes Bocar Diop et Idrissa Keita qualifiés pour les JO Paris 2024, le canoéiste Yves Bourhis également". wiwsport. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.