Zaid Kareem
Zaid Kareem is a Jordanian Taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
He won bronze at the Taekwondo at the [2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 55 kg|2018 Youth Olympic Games] in the 55 kg category. He was a bronze medallist at the 2021 Asian [Taekwondo Championships] in Beirut in the -68 kg division. In 2022, he became the first Jordanian to top the world taekwondo rankings. That year, he won the 2022 Grand Prix Final in Riyadh, as well as reaching the quarter-finals at the 2022 [World Taekwondo Championships]. He was also a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea.He also won a silver at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 68 kg|Men's 68 kg]. He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the semi-final on 8 August 2024, he defeated Bradly Sinden to guarantee a medal in the Taekwondo at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg|68kg] category.