Solomon Demse

Solomon Tufa Demse (born 31 December 1998) is an Ethiopian taekwondo practitioner. He represented Ethiopia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Career edit

He competed in the men's finweight event at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He was eliminated in his first match.

In 2018, at the African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, he won the gold medal in the men's 54 kg event.^[2]

He represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 54 kg event.^[3]

He competed in the men's 58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] He won his first match against Sergio Suzuki of Japan and he then lost against Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia.^[4] He was then eliminated in the repechage by Mikhail Artamonov of the ROC.^[4]

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2014	African Youth Games	1st	54 kg
2018	African Championships	1st	54 kg
2019	African Games	3rd	54 kg

^ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Taekwondo Day 2 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.