Odai Al-Hindawi (Arabic: عدي الهنداوي; born 28 July 1991) is a Jordanian amateur boxer. He competed at the 2019 World Championships and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, both at light heavyweight. He also won a middleweight silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games.
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| Born | Odai Riyad Adel Al-Hindawi 28 July 1991 Irbid, Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Jordanian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editAl-Hindawi's first major international tournament was the 2013 Asian Championships, which were held in Jordan. He lost his first match against Yang Yu-Ting of Taiwan.[1]
Al-Hindawi earned a silver medal in the middleweight event at the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea, losing to 2013 World Champion Janibek Alimkhanuly in the finals.[2] For his performances, he was nominated as a finalist for the Black Iris award for the Jordanian sportsman of the year.[3]
In 2018, Al-Hindawi won a bronze medal at the Arab Championships in April before winning gold at the International Elite Boxing Tournament in Algeria the following month.[4][5] He also made an appearance at the 2019 World Championships in Russia, losing to Sammy Lee by unanimous decision in the first round.[6]
Al-Hindawi participated in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament held in Jordan, where he defeated Jolando Taala of American Samoa and Jakkapong Yomkhot of Thailand in his first two bouts.[7][8] Although he lost to 2019 World Champion Bekzad Nurdauletov in the semifinals, his two previous victories secured his spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] This was Al-Hindawi's third attempt at Olympic qualification, having previously suffered early exits at the 2012 and 2016 qualifiers.[10]
Al-Hindawi has won national championships in 2010,[11] 2012,[12] 2014,[13] 2015,[14] and 2018.[15]
References
edit- ^ "تواصل منافسات بطولة آسيا للملاكمة". Ad-Dustour (in Arabic). 4 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Asian Games: Kazakhs win three boxing golds after hosts' early double". The Straits Times. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Osborne, Paul (24 January 2015). "Jordan's Black Iris Best Sportsman award now open to the public". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Arab Championships results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "اللاعب هنداوي يحصل على ذهبية الملاكمة في البطولة الدولية". Ad-Dustour (in Arabic). 10 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (10 September 2019). "Commonwealth Games champion Lee wins opening bout". Inside the Games. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "الهنداوي يُفاجئ جولاندو ويبلغ ربع نهائي تصفيات الملاكمة". Al Ghad (in Arabic). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Jordan celebrates as boxers book Tokyo 2020 Olympic spots". The Jordan Times. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Dirs, Ben (12 March 2020). "Boxing Olympic Qualification: The Key Takeaways From Amman". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Asian Olympic Qualifier results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "اللاعب هنداوي يحصل على ذهبية الملاكمة في البطولةالنزالات النهائية لبطولة المملكة للملاكمة تقام اليوم". Ad-Dustour (in Arabic). 15 March 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "ختام بطولة المملكة للرجال للملاكمة - صحيفة الرأي". Al Ra'i (in Arabic). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Jordan National Championships results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Jordan National Championships results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "The conclusion of the Kingdom Open Boxing Championship". Jordan Olympic Committee. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.