Nouridine Garba Issaka (born 28 October 2005)[1] is a taekwondo athlete from Niger. He won a gold medal at the 2023 All Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2023 African Taekwondo Championships.

Nouridine Issaka
Personal information
Full nameNouridine Garba Issaka
NationalityNigerien
Born (2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 19)
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Niger
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 58 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Abidjan 58 kg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia 55 kg

Career

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He competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games and won bronze in the Men's 58 kg in Konya, Turkey.[2]

In 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won bronze in the -55kg category at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships.[3]

He reached the quarter finals at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the Men's flyweight category in Baku.[4]

In November 2023, at the age of 18 years-old, he won gold in the 58kg at the African Taekwondo Championships, held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[5][6]

He won a gold medal in the -58kg category in March 2024 at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[7][8]

He competed in the −58 kg category st the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal and successfully qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "ISSAKA GARBA NOURIDINE". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Erkekler Tekvando'da Görkem Polat, gümüş madalya sahibi oldu". Konyayenigun. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Cadet and Junior Taekwondo World Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria: Young Noureddine Issaka-55kg wins bronze medal". nigerdiaspora. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ "World Taekwondo Championships" (PDF). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ Hernandez, Carlos (10 November 2023). "Niger was a surprise in the African Championship". Mundotaekwondo. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Taekwondo: Nouridine Issaka wins gold at the African Championship in Abidjan". news.anieamey.com. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Nouridine Issaka Garba alias Tissilé: The new African Taekwondo champion in the Senior category of -58Kg". Lesahel.org. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Taekwondo Victory: A Source of Inspiration for Sport in Niger". 227sports. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ^ "The list of Nigerian athletes qualified for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games is known". Studiokalangou.com. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Tournoi de Qualification Olympique : Les deux taekwondoïstes Bocar Diop et Idrissa Keita qualifiés pour les JO Paris 2024, le canoéiste Yves Bourhis également". wiwsport. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.