Ahmad Abughaush

Ahmad Abughaush
Abughaush at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996
Amman, Jordan
EducationAl-Ahliyya Amman University
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached by
  • Laith Othman (personal)
  • Chang Wen-Ping (national)
Medal record
Representing  Jordan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro68 kg
World Championships
2019 Manchester74 kg
2017 Muju68 kg
Grand Prix
2017 London68 kg
2017 Moscow68 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta68 kg
Universiade
2017 Taipei68 kg
World Junior Championships
2012 Sharm El-Sheikh63 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Ho Chi Minh City63 kg

Ahmad Abughaush (Arabic: أحمد أبو غوش; born 1 February 1996) is a Jordanian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the 68 kg category at the 2016 Olympics. This was Jordan's first Olympic medal in any sport, excluding a bronze in 1988 when taekwondo was a demonstration sport.