Omar Gergely Salim (born 12 April 2003) is an American-Hungarian taekwondo athlete. He is the youngest son of Gergely Salim, a former Olympic champion.[1][2][3] He became a Hungarian citizen in 2022.
He was born to a Tanzanian father and a Hungarian mother. The youngest son of former Olympic, world and european champion Gergely Salim. His uncle Joseph Salim, was also a 6-time European medalist. His brother and training partner, Shariff Salim, was Pan American Junior champion in 2019, alongside him.
omar, salim, omar, gergely, salim, born, april, 2003, american, hungarian, taekwondo, athlete, youngest, gergely, salim, former, olympic, champion, became, hungarian, citizen, 2022, personal, informationbirth, nameomar, gergely, salimborn, 2003, april, 2003, c. Omar Gergely Salim born 12 April 2003 is an American Hungarian taekwondo athlete He is the youngest son of Gergely Salim a former Olympic champion 1 2 3 He became a Hungarian citizen in 2022 Omar SalimPersonal informationBirth nameOmar Gergely SalimBorn 2003 04 12 12 April 2003 age 19 Carson California United StatesWeight54 kg 119 lb SportCountryHungarySportTaekwondoEvent s FinweightFlyweightClubSalim s Taekwondo Center MTK Budapest 2019 Coached byGergely Salim father Medal record Representing HungaryMen s taekwondoWorld Championships2022 Guadalajara 54 kgEuropean Championships2021 Sofia 54 kg2022 Manchester 54 kgEuropean Junior Championships2019 Marina D Or 45 kgRepresenting United StatesMen s taekwondoPan American Junior Championships2019 Portland 45 kg Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditHe won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships men s 54 kgs 4 A month later he qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament At the Taekwondo event of the Tokyo Olympics he was not able to go beyond the preliminary round Personal life EditHe was born to a Tanzanian father and a Hungarian mother The youngest son of former Olympic world and european champion Gergely Salim His uncle Joseph Salim was also a 6 time European medalist His brother and training partner Shariff Salim was Pan American Junior champion in 2019 alongside him One of his main supporters and sponsors is Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he used to train with master Gergely Salim at his dojang Salim s Taekwondo Center in Los Angeles Zlatan played for LA Galaxy from 2018 to 2019 and was always passionate about taekwondo 5 6 References Edit Home Salim s Taekwondo Center Retrieved 2021 05 07 Pegher Kelcie Meet the family of taekwondo champions in Redondo Beach The Beach Reporter Retrieved 2021 05 07 SALIM Omar Olympic profile Olympics Archived from the original on 2021 07 21 Retrieved 2021 07 21 Teenagers take gold on opening day of European Taekwondo C World Taekwondo m worldtaekwondo org Retrieved 2021 05 07 Ibrahimovic s Favorite Eyes Hungary s First Olympic Gold in Taekwondo Hungary Today 2021 07 21 Retrieved 2021 07 21 Zlatan Ibrahimovic support tweet Twitter Retrieved 2021 05 13 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link External links EditOmar Salim at TaekwondoData com This biographical article related to taekwondo in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Omar Salim amp oldid 1129541992, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
