Solomon Demse
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| Full name | Solomon Tufa Demse | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||
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Solomon Tufa Demse (born 31 December 1998) is an Ethiopian taekwondo practitioner. He represented Ethiopia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Career
[edit]He competed in the men's finweight event at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He was eliminated in his first match.
In 2018, at the African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, he won the gold medal in the men's 54 kg event.[2]
He represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 54 kg event.[3]
He competed in the men's 58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He won his first match against Sergio Suzuki of Japan and he then lost against Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia.[4] He was then eliminated in the repechage by Mikhail Artamonov of the ROC.[4]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2014 | African Youth Games | 1st | 54 kg |
| 2018 | African Championships | 1st | 54 kg |
| 2019 | African Games | 3rd | 54 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo Day 2 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Solomon Demse at TaekwondoData.com
- Solomon Demse at Olympedia
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- Living people
- 1998 births
- Ethiopian male taekwondo practitioners
- African Games medalists in taekwondo
- African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia
- Competitors at the 2019 African Games
- African Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Ethiopia
- 21st-century Ethiopian people
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