Sarah Chaâri

Sarah Chaâri
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	2 May 2005 (age 19); Namur, Belgium
Home town	Charleroi, Belgium
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Belgium
World Championships
Grand Prix
European Games
European Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships
World University Games

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]

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]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Sarah Chaâri". TeamBelgium.be (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Geboren 02 mei 2005 [Born 2 May 2005]
^ "CHAARI Sarah". 2023 European Games. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Date of Birth: 2 May 2005
^ "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ "SARAH CHAARI WORLD CHAMPION". Belgian Taekwondo Federation. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.