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Jaouad Achab

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Jaouad Achab
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born20 August 1992 (1992-08-20) (age 32)
Tangier, Morocco
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Chelyabinsk Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Manchester Bantamweight
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2014 Manchester 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mexico 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Baku 68 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montreux Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bari Bantamweight
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Bantamweight

Jaouad Achab (born 20 August 1992) is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg,[1] and at the 2015 World Championships,[2] becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion.

In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Vande Weyer, Philippe (8 May 2014). "Jaouad Achab, un passeport qui change tout" (in French). lesoir.be. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Jaouad Achab champion du monde en -63kg en taekwondo" (in French). rtbf.be. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's bantamweight" (PDF). 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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