Firas Katoussi

Firas Katoussi (also spelled Katousi, Arabic: فراس القطوسي born 6 September 1995) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg. event.

Firas Katoussi

Personal information
Born	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Tunisia
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing  Tunisia Olympic Games 2024 Paris 80 kg World Championships 2022 Guadalajara 74 kg Grand Prix 2023 Taiyuan 80 kg 2022 Paris 80 kg 2022 Manchester 80 kg African Games 2019 Rabat 74 kg 2023 Accra 80 kg African Championships 2021 Dakar 74 kg 2022 Kigali 74 kg Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 74 kg Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 80 kg

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event.^[1] He also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.^[2]

In 2020, he competed in the men's 80 kg event at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[3][4] He finished in 3rd place.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 80 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[5]

Achievements

Summer Olympic Games

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	80 Kg	Gold

World Championships

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2019 World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	74 Kg	PAR
2022 World Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico	74 Kg	Bronze
2023 World Championships	Baku, Azerbaidjan	74 Kg	PAR

Grand Prix

Edition	Weight	GP 1	GP 2	GP 3	GP Final
2022	80 Kg	QF Rome	Bronze Paris	Bronze Manchester	QF Riadh
2023	80 Kg	PAR Rome	PAR Paris	Gold Taiyuan	PAR Manchester

African Games

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2019 African Games	Rabat, Morocco	74 Kg	Gold
2023 African Games	Accra, Ghana	80 Kg	Gold

African Championships

Event	Location	Weight class	Ranking
2021 African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	74 Kg	Gold
2022 African Championships	Kigali, Rwanda	74 Kg	Gold
2023 African Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Did not compete

Decoration

• First Class of the National Order of Merit (Tunisia, 16 August 2024)^[6][7]