Sarah Chaâri[4] (born 2 May 2005)[5][6] is a Belgian[7] taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic[7] and gold medal in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico[8][9][10] and became Belgium's first female World Taekwondo champion.[11] In doing so, Chaâri also became the first-ever Taekwondo fighter to win golds at both Junior and Senior World Championships in the same year.[2] Chaâri, who moved up to the senior division in 2022, had previously won gold in the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia in August.[12]
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 2005 Belgium[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Charleroi, Belgium[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editChaâri earned a gold medal at 2023 European Games in the women's 62 kg event.[4] She also won the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix women's 67 kg event final in Manchester, which qualified her to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
In May 2024, Chaâri became European Champion by defeating the reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category.[13]
Personal life
editSarah Chaâri studies medicine at the Université libre de Bruxelles,[14][15] having passed the medical school entrance exam in July 2022 where she ranked in the top 6% candidates.[16] Sarah's father is Moroccan and her mother is Belgian and she is to be considered first ever European Muslim to obtain a medal in summer olympics.[17]
References
edit- ^ Beauclercq, Guy (27 December 2022). "Sarah Chaari, championne du monde de taekwondo et étudiante en première année de médecine" [Sarah Chaari, world taekwondo champion and first year medical student]. La Libre (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Sarah Chaari: One Year, Two World Titles". World Taekwondo. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
The 17-year-old from Charleroi, Belgium, pulled off an achievement unique in Taekwondo history: In 2022 she has won both the Junior and Senior World Championship titles.
- ^ a b "Taekwondo: Sarah Chaari pulls off an impressive feat!". Focus on Belgium. Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
The Charleroi native has now won the final of the highly prestigious World Grand Prix in Manchester (UK) in the under 67 kg category
- ^ a b Fieremans, Bart (27 June 2023). "Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri pakt goud voor Team Belgium op Europese Spelen en droomt van medaille in Parijs 2024" [Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri takes gold for Team Belgium at the European Games and dreams of a medal in Paris 2024]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Chaâri". TeamBelgium.be (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
Geboren 02 mei 2005 [Born 2 May 2005]
- ^ "CHAARI Sarah". 2023 European Games. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
Date of Birth: 2 May 2005
- ^ a b "Olympics: Sarah Chaâri wins bronze in women's -67kg taekwondo". belganewsagency.eu. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "SARAH CHAARI WORLD CHAMPION". Belgian Taekwondo Federation. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Belgische tiener Sarah Chaari verovert goud op WK taekwondo" [Belgian teenager Sarah Chaari conquers gold at the Taekwondo World Championships]. Sporza.be (in Dutch). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Iran, Korea and Belgium among the gold medals on day 5 of Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships". World Taekwondo. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships". Focus on Belgium. www.insidethegames.biz. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
Belgium's 19-year-old rising star Sarah Chaari stunned reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category.
- ^ "Les JO et une deuxième année de médecine en première sess': l'équation (presque) impossible de Sarah Chaâri" (in French). www.lesoir.be. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Chaâri, médaillée de bronze aux JO et... étudiante en médecine:…". 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024.
- ^ "MEET 2023 SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE FINALIST SARAH CHAÂRI". www.eurolympic.org. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Roya News First Olympic medal for Jordan in Paris: Zaid Mustafa hea…". 14 August 2024. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024.
External links
edit- Sarah Chaâri profile at World Taekwondo
- Sarah Chaâri ranking at World Taekwondo
- Sarah Chaari at TaekwondoData.com
- Sarah Chaâri at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French)
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