Sarah Chaâri Explained

Sarah Chaâri
Nationality:Belgian
Birth Date:2 May 2005
Birth Place:Belgium[1]
Hometown:Charleroi, Belgium
Height:189 cm

Sarah Chaâri[2] (born 2 May 2005)[3] [4] is a Belgian[5] taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic[6] and gold medal in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico[7] [8] [9] and became Belgium's first female World Taekwondo champion.[10] In doing so, Chaâri also became the first-ever Taekwondo fighter to win golds at both Junior and Senior World Championships in the same year.[11] Chaâri, who moved up to the senior division in 2022, had previously won gold in the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia in August.[12]

Career

Chaâri earned a gold medal at 2023 European Games in the women's 62 kg event. She also won the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix women's 67 kg event final in Manchester, which qualified her to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13]

In May 2024, Chaâri became European Champion by defeating the reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category.[14]

Personal life

Sarah Chaâri studies medicine at the Université libre de Bruxelles,[15] having passed the medical school entrance exam in July 2022 where she ranked in the top 6% candidates.[16] Sarah's father is Moroccan and her mother is Belgian and she is to be considered first ever European Muslim to obtain a medal in summer olympics.[17]

Notes and References

  1. News: Guy . Beauclercq . 27 December 2022 . Sarah Chaari, championne du monde de taekwondo et étudiante en première année de médecine . Sarah Chaari, world taekwondo champion and first year medical student . subscription . . fr . 30 January 2023.
  2. News: Bart . Fieremans . 27 June 2023 . Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri pakt goud voor Team Belgium op Europese Spelen en droomt van medaille in Parijs 2024 . Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri takes gold for Team Belgium at the European Games and dreams of a medal in Paris 2024 . . nl . 9 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Sarah Chaâri . TeamBelgium.be . nl . . 9 March 2024 . Geboren 02 mei 2005 [Born 2 May 2005].
  4. Web site: CHAARI Sarah . . 25 June 2023 . 9 March 2024 . Date of Birth: 2 May 2005.
  5. Web site: Service . Flanders News . 2024-08-09 . Olympics: Sarah Chaâri wins bronze in women's -67kg taekwondo . 2024-08-11 . belganewsagency.eu . en-BE.
  6. Web site: Service . Flanders News . 2024-08-09 . Olympics: Sarah Chaâri wins bronze in women's -67kg taekwondo . 2024-08-11 . belganewsagency.eu . en-BE.
  7. Web site: Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico . . 16 November 2022 . 16 November 2022.
  8. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 16 November 2022 . Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph . . 16 November 2022.
  9. Web site: SARAH CHAARI WORLD CHAMPION . Belgian Taekwondo Federation . 17 November 2022 . 17 November 2022.
  10. Web site: Belgische tiener Sarah Chaari verovert goud op WK taekwondo . Belgian teenager Sarah Chaari conquers gold at the Taekwondo World Championships . . nl . 16 November 2022 . 16 November 2022.
  11. Web site: Sarah Chaari: One Year, Two World Titles . World Taekwondo . 18 August 2022 . 9 March 2024 . The 17-year-old from Charleroi, Belgium, pulled off an achievement unique in Taekwondo history: In 2022 she has won both the Junior and Senior World Championship titles..
  12. Web site: Iran, Korea and Belgium among the gold medals on day 5 of Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships . World Taekwondo . 6 August 2022 . 16 November 2022.
  13. News: Taekwondo: Sarah Chaari pulls off an impressive feat! . Focus on Belgium . . 7 December 2023 . 9 March 2024 . The Charleroi native has now won the final of the highly prestigious World Grand Prix in Manchester (UK) in the under 67 kg category.
  14. News: Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships . Focus on Belgium . www.insidethegames.biz . 13 May 2024 . 22 May 2024 . Belgium's 19-year-old rising star Sarah Chaari stunned reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category..
  15. Web site: Les JO et une deuxième année de médecine en première sess’: l’équation (presque) impossible de Sarah Chaâri . 12 May 2024 . 9 May 2024 . www.lesoir.be . french.
  16. Web site: MEET 2023 SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE FINALIST SARAH CHAÂRI . 12 May 2024 . 28 September 2023 . www.eurolympic.org.
  17. Web site: Roya News First Olympic medal for Jordan in Paris: Zaid Mustafa hea… . 2024-08-14 . http://archive.is/MhAR9 . 2024-08-14 .

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