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Omar Salim

Personal information
Birth name	Omar Gergely Salim
Born	(2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 21) Carson, California, U.S.
Weight	54 kg
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Finweight Flyweight
Club	Salim's Taekwondo Center MTK Budapest (2019–)
Coached by	Gergely Salim (father)
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing  Hungary World Championships Gold 2022 Guadalajara 54 kg European Championships Gold 2021 Sofia 54 kg Gold 2022 Manchester 54 kg Gold 2024 Belgrade 63 kg European Junior Championships Bronze 2019 Marina D'Or 45 kg Representing  United States Pan American Junior Championships Gold 2019 Portland 45 kg

Omar Gergely Salim (born 12 April 2003) is an American-Hungarian taekwondo athlete. He is the youngest son of Gergely Salim, a former Olympic champion. He became a Hungarian citizen in 2022.

Career

He won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships men's 54 kgs. A month later, he qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. At the Taekwondo event of the Tokyo Olympics he was not able to go beyond the preliminary round.

Personal life

He was born to a Tanzanian father and a Hungarian mother. The youngest son of former Olympic, world and european champion Gergely Salim. His uncle József Salim, was also a 6-time European medalist. His brother and training partner, Shariff Salim, was Pan American Junior champion in 2019, alongside him.

One of his main supporters and sponsors is Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, as he used to train with master Gergely Salim at his dojang Salim's Taekwondo Center in Los Angeles. Zlatan played for LA Galaxy from 2018 to 2019 and was always passionate about taekwondo.

See also

In Spanish: Omar Salim para niños