Faisal Al-Ketbi

Faisal Fahd Al-Ketbi (Arabic: فيصل فهد الكتبي‎, born 10 May 1987) is a emirate wrestler and grappler who represents his native country United Arab Emirates at sport jujitsu (JJIF) and previously in olympic freestyle wrestling.

Faisal Al-Ketbi
Personal information
Native nameفيصل فهد الكتبي
Full nameFaisal Fahd Al-Ketbi
National teamUnited Arab Emirates
Born (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sport
SportBrazilian jiu-jitsu (Ne-waza), Freestyle wrestling
Weight class-94 kg
TeamUAE Jiu Jitsu
Coached byAlex Paz (BJJ)
Maiky Reiter (BJJ)
Updated on 30 November 2019.

Career

He begun combat sports at age of 10 in hometown Abu Dhabi and soon he specialized on olympic freestyle wrestling.[1] He participated at 2010 Asian Games but he has never reached top level in freestyle wrestling. Around 2010 he switch the sport for sport jujitsu, discipline Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ, Ne-waza) which is very popular in his homecountry United Arab Emirates. He was trained by Alex Paz and Maiky Reiter and in 2014 he obtained black belt in BJJ.[2] He is five times world champion in Ne-waza/BJJ under sports governing body JJIF.

He is also participate at pro level tournaments which many times use title World Championships but are regulated by private sport bodies – UAEJJF and IBJJF. As black belt since 2014 he is waiting for big pro tournament title.

Results
World Games (IWGA + JJIF)
Year Place Medal Discipline Category
2017Wrocław ( Poland) GoldNe-waza−94 kg
Ju-Jitsu World Championships (JJIF)
2015Bangkok ( Thailand) GoldNe-waza−94 kg
2016Wrocław ( Poland) GoldNe-waza−94 kg
2017Bogota ( Colombia) GoldNe-waza−94 kg
2019Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates) GoldNe-waza−94 kg
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References
  1. "درع الوطن :: مجلة عسكرية واستراتيجية :: فيصل الكتبي..المصنف الأول في العالم في فئة الحزام البني برياضة الجوجيتسو". www.nationshield.ae. (note: use a webtranslator)
  2. "Faisal Al Kitbe". bjjheroes.com.
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