Children from the Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps in Jordan have had
the opportunity to take part in online sports training sessions
organised by Peace and Sport in cooperation with the Taekwondo
Humanitarian Foundation.
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IOC Refugee Athlete Sediqi seeking Tokyo 2020 taekwondo goal Saturday, 27 February 2021
Abdullah Sediqi, holder of an International Olympic Committee Refugee Athlete Scholarship, has spoken of his ambition to reach the Tokyo 2020 taekwondo competition this year.
Now training in Belgium, the 24-year-old from Afghanistan has practised taekwondo since he was eight.
He told the
Olympic Channel how he fled to Europe four years ago from his war-torn country after gangs had made threats against him because of his sporting ability. It was a gruelling mission, there were days I walked for 12 hours straight, he said of his escape.
Now established in Wilrijk, a neighbourhood of Antwerp, Sediqi’s results are offering real hope that he can earn a place at this summer’s postponed Olympics.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Taekwondo instructor Mukhamadjon Turgunov is hopeful of coaching his athletes at international competitions after becoming a citizen of Uzbekistan.
The former kickboxer has been stateless for most of his life following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Although stateless people in Uzbekistan retain most of the same rights as citizens, including the right to vote, the status can cause issues when travelling to other countries. I was the Uzbek champion in kickboxing and there were moments when my coach wanted to send me for international championships abroad, but there would always be problems with the visa, Turgunov said in an interview with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Monday, 1 February 2021
Jordan s taekwondo athlete Farah Al Asa ad has successfully reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro on her fundraising mission for the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).
The THF s Middle East and North Africa coordinator was part of a group which made it to the summit of Africa s highest mountain after nearly a week of climbing.
She unveiled the THF flag at the peak which measures in at 5,895 metres.
Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world with Al Asa ad s expedition to Tanzania led by Jordanian mountaineer Mostafa Salameh, a former refugee who became the first Jordanian to scale Mount Everest.