ASIAN GOLD FOR JORDAN
Dec 22, 2021
Abdullah Hammad has clinched a third gold medal for Jordan at the Asian Senior & Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Hammad beat Iran's Ali Meskini in the final, 2-1, to win the gold in the -60kg weight category in the Senior Men’s.
Jordan finished the tournament by winning bronze in the Men’s team combat competition, after beating Chinese Taipei, 3-1, in the third-place fight-off.
These medals took Jordan’s tally to 14 for the championship, consisting of three gold, five silver and six bronze.
The event attracted over 450 fighters representing 23 Asian countries.
Medals won by:
• Abdullah Hammad - Men’s -60kg (gold)
• Muhammad Al-Jaafari - Youth-76kg (gold)
• Yara Bashar - Women's -54kg (gold)
• Omar Shakra - U-21 -55kg (silver)
• Ahmed Abu Hazeem - Youth -61kg (silver)
• Youssef Nofal - Youth 76kg (silver)
• Serene El-Najjar - Women's -54kg (silver)
• Wassim Salama - Junior -63kg (silver)
• Men's National Team - Team (bronze)
• Abdul Rahman Al-Masafa - Men's -67kg (bronze)
• Abdullah Hammad - Under-21 -60kg (bronze)
• Lynn Mansour - Women's -53kg (bronze)
• Nourullah Bashar - Women's -59kg (bronze)
• Lynn Hagros - Women's -47kg (bronze)
