Tunisia: Massive public welcome for Taekwondo silver medalist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi

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Taekwondo silver medalist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi received a warm welcome upon his return from the Tokyo Olympics to Tunis, on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old athlete, who came in second in the 58kg category, was seen celebrating among dozens of his supporters.

Jendoubi had defeated South Korean Jang Jun, the 2019 world champion, in the semi-final match of the Tokyo Olympics, with a score of 25-19, but the Tunisian champion was not able to grab the gold in the final, as he lost to Italian Vito Delacila with a score of 12-16.

This medal is the second for Tunisia in this year’s Olympics, after Tunisian swimmer Ahmed El Hefnaoui won the gold in the 400 meters freestyle.

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SOT, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, Taekwondo silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Arabic): “I was nominated in January 2020, despite the corona situation, I did not stop training and did more than three months of preparation. In 2021 we started with training, our first participation in Turkey won the gold medal, and then in June the African Championships also got the gold medal, and this was the last participation before the Olympics. I participated in the training of Russia and Kazakhstan before the Olympics, which helped me a lot in the Olympics to get the silver medal.”

SOT, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, Taekwondo silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Arabic): “The beginning of my training since childhood at the age of five years old, I always trained with my father in the gym with a group in the gym. And every tournament I got first place until 2016 I became part of the Tunisian team.”

SOT, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, Taekwondo silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Arabic): “I have always been training for this day and I know who my opponent is in the draw. My ambition was to win the final. I am very happy because I beat the Korean competitor, because no one in the world could beat him, and I lost against the Italian in the last competition.”

SOT, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, Taekwondo silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics (Arabic): “In 2022 we have the World Cup and the Mediterranean Games. I will do the preparations, finish the rest period and start training again. I will also prepare for Paris 2024 a year or 8 months before I nominate, and I hope that God will help me.”

SOT, Seif Eddine Trabelsi, former world champion and Jendoubi coach (Arabic): “I was with Khalil in Tokyo, the plan and strategy that we used with Khalil was not a month or two ago. Khalil joined the senior national team in late 2018, his beginning was with me and with the Russian coach in 2019 as well as with his father Hisham, who in turn was his coach since childhood, since 2019 We have started preparations and training for the 2020 Olympic Games.”

SOT, Seif Eddine Trabelsi, former world champion and Jendoubi coach (Arabic): “Betting on Khalil was after showing his talent to everyone and proving that he is capable of winning the Olympics, and previously he was crowned in the Youth Olympic Games, but there is a difference between the young and the senior, and he has imposed himself within the senior team.”

SOT, Seif Eddine Trabelsi, former world champion and Jendoubi coach (Arabic): “This is only the beginning, because Khalil is 19 years old, the whole world is talking about him, especially after his victory over the Russian and Korean. Khalil must train more than before, because many will focus on him, and the next is more difficult than the Tokyo Olympics.”

SOT, Hashemi Jendoubi, National Trainer and father of Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (Arabic): “Olympic champion Khalil, since his childhood, trains with me in my gym before I enter the national team’s training. He watches me during training little by little until I become enamoured with the sport of taekwondo.”

SOT, Hashemi Jendoubi, National Trainer and father of Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (Arabic): “We ask the university and the Ministry of Sports to allocate a special budget to enable him to prepare more to participate in the next World Cup. God willing, we will prepare as we should so that we are ready for the 2024 World Cup and win the first place.”

SOT, Mohamed Ghannam, President of the Tunisian Taekwondo University (Arabic): “The university believes that any player in the team if he has an academic and scientific composition, and he participated in the team and has experience. Throughout this period, Seif was a world champion in 2013. As we took Seif Trabelsi, we also took many within the university, to benefit from their experiences, of course, with the presence of the Russian coach to gain from the experiences of the Russian school.”

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