Abdullah Sediqi (born 25 December 1996) is a Taekwondo athlete from Afghanistan.

Personal life

Sediqi lives in Antwerp, Belgium. He fled Afghanistan in 2017 following death threats.[1][2]

Career

He won silver at the 2019 Spanish Open and bronze at the 2020 Dutch Open, in addition to representing World Taekwondo as a refugee athlete at the 2019 World Championships in Manchester.

He was included as one of 29 members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team to compete at compete at the 2020 Summer Games with his participation in the 68kg Taekwondo.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Introducing Abdullah Sediqi – refugee taekwondo athlete and Olympic hopeful". Olympics.com.
  2. ^ "The Olympics' refugee team is a 'symbol of hope' in Tokyo. Here's who's in the squad". SBS News. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo - SEDIQI Abdullah". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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