Tameem Al-Kubati

Tameem Al-Kubati
Personal information
NationalityYemeni
Born (1987-01-01) January 1, 1987 (age 37)
Sana'a, North Yemen
Sport
Country Yemen
SportTaekwondo
EventMen's 68 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Yemen
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Luoyang Finweight
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Doha Finweight

Tameem Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kubati (born 1 January 1989 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni taekwondo practitioner.

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

  1. ^ 18th Asian Taekwondo Championships – List of medal winners
  2. ^ Taekwondo Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2012-08-10.
  3. ^ Staff. "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ^ Profile from the Yemen Olympic team


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