Full name Ibrahim Aqil Kamal Sport Taekwondo Nationality Jordan Event(s) +80 kg | Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 ⁄2 in) Name Ibrahim Aqil Weight 95 kg (209 lb) | |
Born 14 April 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-04-14 ) Amman, Jordan | ||
Ibrahim Aqil Kamal (Arabic: ابراهيم عقيل كمال; born April 14, 1979 in Amman), more commonly known as Ibrahim Aqil, is a Jordanian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He captured two bronze medals in the over-84 kg division at the Asian Taekwondo Championships (1998 and 2004), and represented his nation Jordan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Ibrahim qualified for the Jordanian squad in the men's heavyweight class (80 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and granting a berth from the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. He defeated Denmark's Zakaria Asidah and Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung in the prelims, before falling behind two-meter-tall local favorite Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece in the semifinal match with a score of 3–6. As his formidable Greek opponent moved forward into the final, Ibrahim offered a chance for Jordan's first Olympic medal with a more satisfying victory over Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Sagindykov by a marginal judging decision in the repechage rounds, but slipped his chance in a 2–6 defeat to French fighter Pascal Gentil for the bronze, relegating Ibrahim to fourth place.