Tareg Hamedi

Tareg Hamedi
Tareg Hamedi at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native nameطارق حامدي
Full nameTareg Ali Hamedi
Born (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 26)
Sport
CountrySaudi Arabia
SportKarate
Weight class
  • +84 kg
  • +75 kg (Olympic Games)
EventKumite
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Saudi Arabia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Kumite +75 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Kumite +84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Kumite +84 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Astana Kumite +84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tashkent Kumite +84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Kumite +84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Malacca Kumite +84 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Amman Team kumite
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tashkent Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Amman Kumite +84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Almaty Team kumite
Karate1 Premier League
Gold medal – first place 2016 Okinawa Kumite +84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dubai Kumite +84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Dubai Kumite +84 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Kumite +84 kg
World Championships Junior
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jakarta Junior kumite 76+ kg

Tareg Ali Hamedi (Arabic: طارق حامدي; born 26 July 1998)[1] is a Saudi Arabian karateka. He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's +75 kg event after being disqualified for knocking out his opponent with an illegal kick.[2][3] He is an eight-time medalist, including four gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships.[4][5] He is also a gold medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the Asian Games.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ Morgan, Liam (7 August 2021). "Ganjzadeh claims final Olympic karate gold at Tokyo 2020 after opponent disqualified for high kick". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Karate - the one-Games wonder that delivered on drama and emotion". BBC Sport. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2017 Asian Karate Championships" (PDF). Sportdata - WKF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.