Nationality British Country Britain Height 1.88 m Alma mater Middlesex University Sport Taekwondo Weight 80 kg | Years active 2008–present Name Lutalo Muhammad Parents Wayne Muhammad Website gbtaekwondo.co.uk Role Athlete Education Middlesex University | |
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Born 3 June 1991 (age 32) ( 1991-06-03 ) Walthamstow, London Residence Manchester, United Kingdom Similar People Aaron Cook, Jade Jones, Nicolas Garcia, Mauro Sarmiento, Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich Profiles | ||
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Lutalo Muhammad (born 3 June 1991) is a British taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2012 summer olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 summer olympics, winning a silver medal. He won the Gold medal in the -87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. He is the most successful male in British taekwondo history.
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- The art of taekwondo with lutalo muhammad gillette world sport
- Male 80kg round of 16 anton kotkov rus v lutalo muhammad gbr
- Early life
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- Honours
- References
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Early life
Muhammad was born on 3 June 1991 in Walthamstow, London, England to immigrants from Zimbabwe. He was coached by his father, Wayne Muhammad, in the art of taekwondo from the age of three.
2012 Summer Olympics
Muhammad won the Gold medal in the -87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.
There is no -87 kg category in the Olympic Games; however, Muhammad was selected to be Britain's representative in the -80 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This decision was controversial as he was selected instead of Aaron Cook, who was the World No. 1 and European champion in the -80 kg class. The controversy attracted considerable attention in the media.
The decision drew criticism from former athletes such as John Cullen and Steve Redgrave. Muhammed received hate mail following his selection. GB performance director Gary Hall defended his selection and said "Aaron has a bigger marketing machine than the whole of GB Taekwondo", whilst fellow taekwondo competitor Sarah Stevenson dismissed the world rankings as inconsequential.
Muhammad stated that "Unfortunately with the nature of sport there are always going to be winners and losers so I wish him all the best for his future, but my focus right now is not Aaron Cook, it's a gold medal in London." In the games Muhammad reached the quarter-finals where he lost to Nicolás García of Spain. In the repechage he defeated Armenian Arman Yeremyan 9–3 winning a bronze medal.
2016 Summer Olympics
Muhammad won the Olympic silver medal -80 kg category improving on his bronze from 2012. Muhammad was leading 6-4 in the final before losing in the last second to Cheick Sallah Cisse of Ivory Coast. Down by two points and only one second remaining, Cisse released a spinning hook kick that landed on Muhammad's head, scoring 4 points and winning the bout.
Honours
