Tameem Al-Kubati
Tameem Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kubati (born 1 January 1989 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni taekwondo practitioner.
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| Nationality | Yemeni | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 1, 1987 Sana'a, Yemen | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's 68 kg | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Al-Kubati won a bronze medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships and a gold medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[1][2]
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 58kg event. He was the flag bearer of the Yemeni sports team during the opening ceremonies.[3] On August 8, he advanced from the preliminaries to the quarterfinals by defeating Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic (8-3). In the quarterfinals, he was defeated by Óscar Muñoz of Colombia (2-14).[4][5]
References
- 18th Asian Taekwondo Championships – List of medal winners
- Taekwondo Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2012-08-10.
- Staff. "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- London 2012 profile
- Profile from the Yemen Olympic team
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