Tameem Al-Kubati

Tameem Al-Kubati
Personal information
Nationality Yemeni
Born (1987-01-01) January 1, 1987
Sana'a, Yemen
Sport
Country  Yemen
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Men's 68 kg

Tameem Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kubati (born 1 January 1989 in Sana'a, Yemen) is a Yemeni taekwondo practitioner.

Al-Kubati won a bronze medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships and a gold medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[1][2]

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 58kg event. He was the flag bearer of the Yemeni sports team during the opening ceremonies.[3] On August 8, he advanced from the preliminaries to the quarterfinals by defeating Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic (8-3). In the quarterfinals, he was defeated by Óscar Muñoz of Colombia (2-14).[4][5]

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