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Cheick Sallah Cissé

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Cheick Sallah Cissé
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Personal information
NicknamePolozo
NationalityIvorian
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 31)
Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event –80 kg
ClubINEKA Taekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Ivory Coast
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio De Janeiro 80 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville Welterweight
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Said Welterweight
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tunis Welterweight
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Welterweight

Cheick Sallah Cissé (born 19 September 1993) is an Ivorian taekwondo athlete.

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.[1] 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.[2] The gold was Ivory Coast's first ever Olympic title,[3] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Cisse's last-second kick delivers gold for Ivory Coast". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2016.


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