Reem Khamis (born 7 December 2002) is a German

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...

ka. She has been part of the German National Team since the middle of the 2021 year. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61kg event at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games (), also known as the 2023 European Games or Kraków-Małopolska 2023, was an international multi-sport event held from 21 June to 2 July 2023 in Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska, Poland. It was the first ...

held in Poland. She also won the gold medal in individual 61kg event at the

2023 European Karate Championships The 2023 European Karate Championships was the 58th edition of the European Karate Championships and 5th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 22 to 26 March 2023. Medal table Medalists Men Women Par ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Career

Khamis won the silver medal in the women's U-21 61kg event at the 2022 World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships held in Konya, Turkey. Her success made her lead in the world ranking under U21. Currently she is ranked 2 in the world seniors ranking as well. She became the Grand Winner in the Female -61kg category for year 2024 by winning two bronze medals and a silver medal at three out of the four Premier League events. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61kg event at the

2024 European Karate Championships The 2024 European Karate Championships is the 59th edition of the European Karate Championships and 6th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Zadar, Croatia from 8 to 12 May 2024. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participati ...

held in Zadar, Croatia. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event. In 2025, Khamis won a silver medal in Premier League held in

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, after sustaining an injury during the final match that led to tearing her

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Life

She studies

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) is a higher education and applied research institution located in Hamburg, Germany. Formerly known as ''Fachhochschule Hamburg,'' the ''Hamburg ...

Achievements

References

Living people 2002 births Place of birth missing (living people) German female karateka European Games gold medalists for Germany Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in karate 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-karate-bio-stub