Faisal Fahad Al-Ketbi (, born 15 October 1987) is an Emirati

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and grappler who represents his native country

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

at sport jujitsu ( JJIF) and previously in olympic freestyle wrestling.

Career

He began

combat sports A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent, submitting the opponent with a hold, disabling the opponent (''knocko ...

at the age of ten in his hometown of

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

and soon he specialized in olympic

freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He participated at

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

but he has never reached the top level in freestyle wrestling. Around 2010 he switch the sport for Brazilian jiu-jitsu which is very popular in his homecountry

. He was trained by Alex Paz and Maiky Reiter and in 2014 he was awarded his black belt in BJJ. He is five-time world champion in Ne-waza/BJJ under sports governing body JJIF. He also participates at pro level tournaments which many times use title World Championships but are regulated by private sport bodies – UAEJJF and IBJJF.

Results

References

External links

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Faisal Al Ketbi at UAE Jiu Jitsu FederationProfile of Faisal Al-Ketbi on UWW database v.1Profile of Faisal Al-Ketbi on UWW database v.2
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