Tameem Al-Kubati

Tameem Al-Kubati
Personal information
Nationality Yemeni
Born (1987-01-01) January 1, 1987
Sana'a, Yemen
Sport
Country  Yemen
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Men's 68 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Yemen
Asian Championships
2008 Luoyang Finweight
Pan Arab Games
2011 Doha Finweight

Tameem Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kubati (born 1 January 1989 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni taekwondo practitioner.

Al-Kubati won a bronze medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships and a gold medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[1][2]

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 58kg event. He was the flag bearer of the Yemeni sports team during the opening ceremonies.[3] On August 8, he advanced from the preliminaries to the quarterfinals by defeating Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic (8-3). In the quarterfinals, he was defeated by Óscar Muñoz of Colombia (2-14).[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 18th Asian Taekwondo Championships – List of medal winners
  2. ↑ Taekwondo Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2012-08-10.
  3. ↑ Staff. "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ London 2012 profile
  5. ↑ Profile from the Yemen Olympic team
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Tameem Al-Kubati". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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