Saeed Rashid Al Qubaisi

Saeed Rashed Al-Qubaisi (Arabic: سعيد راشد القبيسي‎; born December 2, 1989) is an Emirati judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] Al-Qubaisi became the first Emirati athlete to represent his nation in a combative sport at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He lost the first preliminary match of the men's lightweight class (73 kg) to South Africa's Marlon August, who successfully scored an ippon and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown), in one minute and twenty-seven seconds.[3]

Saeed Rashed Al Qubaisi
Personal information
Nationality United Arab Emirates
Born (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
SportJudo
Event(s)73 kg
ClubUAE Wrestling, judo & Kick Boxing Federation
TeamAbu Dhabi Team
Coached byHassan Mousa / Sergey
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2008 Summer Olympics
Medal record

Silver Medal Arab in Yemen 2006

Bronze Medal Arab in Syria 2007

Gold Medal Gulf in UAE 2007

Gold Medal Arab in Yemen 2007

Silver Medal International in Belarus 2008

Gold Medal Gulf Championship in Qatar 2012

I Represented UAE in 2008 Summer Olympics

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saeed Rashed Al-Qubaisi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. Fonseca, Duane (4 July 2008). "Al Qubaisi elated to represent UAE". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.


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