Firas Katoussi

Firas Katoussi
Personal information
Born	6 September 1995 (age 29)
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Tunisia
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Tunisia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Grand Prix
African Games
African Championships
Military World Games
Mediterranean Games

Firas Katoussi (also spelled Katousi, born 6 September 1995) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg. event.

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event.^[1] He also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.^[2]

In 2020, he competed in the men's 80 kg event at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[3]^[4] He finished in 3rd place.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 80 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[5]

Achievements

Summer Olympic Games

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	80 Kg	Gold

World Championships

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2019 World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	74 Kg	PAR
2022 World Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico	74 Kg	Bronze
2023 World Championships	Baku, Azerbaidjan	74 Kg	PAR

Grand Prix

Edition	Weight	GP 1	GP 2	GP 3	GP Final
2022	80 Kg	QF Rome	Bronze Paris	Bronze Manchester	QF Riadh
2023	80 Kg	PAR Rome	PAR Paris	Gold Taiyuan	PAR Manchester

African Games

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2019 African Games	Rabat, Morocco	74 Kg	Gold
2023 African Games	Accra, Ghana	80 Kg	Gold

African Championships

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2021 African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	74 Kg	Gold
2022 African Championships	Kigali, Rwanda	74 Kg	Gold
2023 African Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Did not compete

Decoration

First Class of the National Order of Merit (Tunisia, 16 August 2024)^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Taekwondo". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas
^ "Results - Page 434" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas
^ Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020. Firas Katousi
^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020. firas katousi tun-1791, F. Katousi
^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022. 06 SEP 1995 Men -80kg KATOUSSI Firas
^ kapitalis, webmaster (2024-08-17). "Les médaillés tunisiens au JO Paris 2024 honorés par le chef de l'Etat". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
^ "JO 2024 : Les trois médaillés tunisiens décorés par Kaïs Saïed". Webdo TN (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.

External links

Firas Katousi profile at World Taekwondo
Firas Katousi ranking at World Taekwondo
Firas Katousi at TaekwondoData.com

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[african_games_2019-1] "Taekwondo". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas

[military_world_games_2019-2] "Results - Page 434" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020. KATOUSSI Firas

[egyptian_and_moroccan_athletes_earn_tokyo_2020-3] Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020. Firas Katousi

[day_2_results_african_taekwondo_qualification_tournament_2020-4] "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020. firas katousi tun-1791, F. Katousi

[taekwondo_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-5] "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022. 06 SEP 1995 Men -80kg KATOUSSI Firas

[6] talis, webmaster (2024-08-17). "Les médaillés tunisiens au JO Paris 2024 honorés par le chef de l'Etat". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.

[7] "JO 2024 : Les trois médaillés tunisiens décorés par Kaïs Saïed". Webdo TN (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-17.

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v t e Olympic medalists for Tunisia
Gold medalists	Mohammed Gammoudi (1968) Oussama Mellouli (2008) Oussama Mellouli (2012) Habiba Ghribi (2012) Ahmed Hafnaoui (2020) Firas Katoussi (2024)
Silver medalists	Mohammed Gammoudi (1964) Mohammed Gammoudi (1972) Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (2020) Farès Ferjani (2024)
Bronze medalists	Habib Galhia (1964) Mohammed Gammoudi (1968) Fethi Missaoui (1996) Oussama Mellouli (2012) Inès Boubakri (2016) Oussama Oueslati (2016) Marwa Amri (2016) Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (2024)