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Ivorian taekwondo practitioner

Cheick Sallah Cissé

Personal information
Nickname Polozo
Nationality Ivorian
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 31)Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event –80 kg
Club INEKA Taekwondo
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing Ivory Coast Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio De Janeiro 80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris +80 kg World Championships Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku +87 kg Grand Prix Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 Rabat 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 London 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 Abidjan (F) 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2022 Riyadh (F) +80 kg Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris +80 kg Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester (F) +80 kg Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun 80 kg Silver medal – second place 2018 Taoyuan 80 kg Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome +80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2015 Manchester 80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2018 Fujairah (F) 80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rome 80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paris +80 kg Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester +80 kg African Games Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 80 kg African Championships Gold medal – first place 2016 Port Said 80 kg Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 87 kg Silver medal – second place 2018 Agadir 80 kg Silver medal – second place 2022 Kigali 87 kg Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tunis 80 kg Universiade Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju 80 kg

Cheick Sallah Cissé (born 19 September 1993) is an Ivorian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1]

After winning gold at the 2015 African Games in the men's 80 kg, he represented Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the same category.[2] He reached the final of the tournament, competing against Britain's Lutalo Muhammad. Behind by six points to five, Cissé scored with a head-kick in the final second of the match to win the tie 8–6 and take the gold medal.[3] The gold was Ivory Coast's first ever Olympic title,[4] and came on a night where Ruth Gbagbi won a bronze in the women's 67 kg taekwondo, increasing the country's all-time Olympic medals from one to three in one session.[4]

He also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg event.[5]

  1. ^ Burke, Patrick (4 June 2023). "Cissé claims first World Taekwondo Championships title seven years on from Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympic taekwondo results 2016: Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cissé wins 80kg gold at the buzzer, South Korea's Oh Hye-Ri wins 67kg". SB Nation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Cisse's last-second kick delivers gold for Ivory Coast". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ Soir, Afrik (2020-02-24). "Côte d'Ivoire : Seydou Gbané et Aminata Traoré qualifiés en Taekwondo pour les JO 2020". Afrik Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
Olympic Games
Preceded byMurielle Ahouré Flagbearer for Ivory Coast Tokyo 2020with Marie-Josée Ta LouParis 2024with Maboundou Koné Succeeded by_Incumbent_