Sarah Chaâri

Sarah Chaâri[4] (born 2 May 2005)[5][6] is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. She won the gold medal in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico[7][8][9] and became Belgium's first female World Taekwondo champion.[10] In doing so, Chaâri also became the first-ever Taekwondo fighter to win golds at both Junior and Senior World Championships in the same year.[2] The Belgian, who moved up to the senior division in 2022, had previously won gold in the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia in August.[11]

Sarah Chaâri
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (2005-05-02) 2 May 2005
Namur, Belgium[1]
Home townCharleroi, Belgium[2][3]
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
2022 Guadalajara62 kg
Grand Prix
2023 Manchester (F)67 kg
2023 Rome67 kg
2023 Taiyuan67 kg
2022 Paris67 kg
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska62 kg
European Championships
2024 Belgrade67 kg
2022 Manchester62 kg
World Junior Championships
2022 Sofia63 kg
European Junior Championships
2021 Sarajevo59 kg
World University Games
2021 Chengdu67 kg

Chaâri earned a gold medal at 2023 European Games in the women's 62 kg event.[4] She also won the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix women's 67 kg event final in Manchester, which qualified her to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

In May 2024, Chaâri became European Champion by defeating the reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category.[12]

Personal life

Sarah Chaâri studies medicine at the Université libre de Bruxelles,[13] having passed the medical school entrance exam in July 2022 where she ranked in the top 6% candidates.[14]


References
  1. Beauclercq, Guy (27 December 2022). "Sarah Chaari, championne du monde de taekwondo et étudiante en première année de médecine" [Sarah Chaari, world taekwondo champion and first year medical student]. La Libre (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. "Sarah Chaari: One Year, Two World Titles". World Taekwondo. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024. The 17-year-old from Charleroi, Belgium, pulled off an achievement unique in Taekwondo history: In 2022 she has won both the Junior and Senior World Championship titles.
  3. "Taekwondo: Sarah Chaari pulls off an impressive feat!". Focus on Belgium. Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024. The Charleroi native has now won the final of the highly prestigious World Grand Prix in Manchester (UK) in the under 67 kg category
  4. Fieremans, Bart (27 June 2023). "Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri pakt goud voor Team Belgium op Europese Spelen en droomt van medaille in Parijs 2024" [Taekwondoka Sarah Chaâri takes gold for Team Belgium at the European Games and dreams of a medal in Paris 2024]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. "Sarah Chaâri". TeamBelgium.be (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Geboren 02 mei 2005 [Born 2 May 2005]
  6. "CHAARI Sarah". 2023 European Games. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Date of Birth: 2 May 2005
  7. "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  9. "SARAH CHAARI WORLD CHAMPION". Belgian Taekwondo Federation. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  10. "Belgische tiener Sarah Chaari verovert goud op WK taekwondo" [Belgian teenager Sarah Chaari conquers gold at the Taekwondo World Championships]. Sporza.be (in Dutch). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  11. "Iran, Korea and Belgium among the gold medals on day 5 of Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships". World Taekwondo. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  12. "Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships". Focus on Belgium. www.insidethegames.biz. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024. Belgium's 19-year-old rising star Sarah Chaari stunned reigning world champion Magda Wiet-Henin of France in the final of the 67 kg category.
  13. "Les JO et une deuxième année de médecine en première sess': l'équation (presque) impossible de Sarah Chaâri" (in French). www.lesoir.be. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  14. "MEET 2023 SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE FINALIST SARAH CHAÂRI". www.eurolympic.org. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.


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