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

Cheick Sallah Cissé

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Polozo
Nationality	Ivorian
Born	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 28) Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	–80 kg
Club	INEKA Taekwondo
Medal record Representing  Ivory Coast Olympic Games 2016 Rio De Janeiro 80 kg Grand Prix 2015 Moscow 80 kg 2017 Rabat 80 kg 2017 London 80 kg 2017 Abidjan 80 kg 2015 Samsun 80 kg 2015 Manchester 80 kg 2017 Moscow 80 kg African Games 2015 Brazzaville 80 kg 2019 Rabat 80 kg African Championships 2016 Port Said 80 kg 2021 Dakar 87 kg 2018 Agadir 80 kg 2014 Tunis 80 kg Universiade 2015 Gwangju 80 kg

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]

He also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg event.[4]

References

External links

• Cheick Sallah Cissé at TaekwondoData.com
• Cheick Sallah Cissé at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Cheick Sallah Junior CISSE at the International Olympic Committee

Olympic Games
Preceded by Murielle Ahouré	Flagbearer for  Ivory Coast Tokyo 2020 with Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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- [en] Cheick Sallah Cissé

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[fr] Cheick Cissé

Cheick Cissé Sallah Junior, né le 19 septembre 1993 à Bouaké, est un taekwondoïste ivoirien. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques de Rio 2016, dans la catégorie des moins de 80 kg et remporte la médaille d'or en battant le Britannique Lutalo Muhammad, devenant ainsi le premier sportif champion olympique de la Côte d'Ivoire de l'histoire, le 19 août 2016[1]. Triple champion d'Afrique et double médaillé d'or aux Jeux africains, il est également le premier et unique ivoirien médaillé d'or lors d'un Grand Prix.

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[it] Cheick Sallah Cissé

Cheick Sallah Cissé (Abidjan, 19 settembre 1993) è un taekwondoka ivoriano, campione olimpico in carica della categoria 80 kg.

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[ru] Сиссе, Шейк Саллах

Шейк Саллах Сиссе (фр. Cheick Sallah Cissé, род. 19 сентября 1993 года) — ивуарийский тхэквондист, олимпийский чемпион 2016 года, двукратный чемпион Африки, серебряный призёр Кубка мира. Первый и единственный олимпийский чемпион от Кот-д’Ивуара[2].

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