Gergely Salim (born April 1, 1972 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania) is a Hungarian- Danish

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner, but lives now in Los Angeles as an American citizen.

Career

He started practicing taekwondo at the age of 8 with his oldest brother, Joseph Salim, at Gladsaxe Taekwondo Klub near

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. In 1991, Gergely Salim won a gold medal in the finweight division at the World Taekwondo Championships in

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. Next year, at the age of 20, he participated in the

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and won first place. He also won three consecutive European Championships from 1990 to 1994 for the Danish national team. Joseph also pursued a great career in the sport as he also was a 3-time european champion and runner-up at the 1991

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Personal life

Salim was born in Tanzania to a Tanzanian father and Hungarian mother. He moved to Denmark at a young age. In 2021, Salim's youngest son, Omar Salim, won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships representing

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salim, Gergely 1972 births Living people Danish male taekwondo practitioners Hungarian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic medalists in taekwondo Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Taekwondo practitioners at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists Sportspeople from Dar es Salaam Tanzanian emigrants to Denmark Tanzanian emigrants to Hungary Danish emigrants to Hungary Danish people of Tanzanian descent Danish people of Hungarian descent Hungarian people of Tanzanian descent Tanzanian people of Hungarian descent