Rohullah nikpai biography of mahatma gandhi

Hazara Taekwondo practitioner

Rohullah Nikpa^[3] (Dari: روح‌الله نیکپا; born June 15, 1987) is a taekwondo practitioner and two-time Olympic bronze medalist from Afghanistan.

As of 2024, he is the only Afghan athlete to have won a medal at the Olympics. In 2023, he became the coach of New Zealand’s national taekwondo team.^[2]

Career

An ethnic Hazara, Nikpa started his training in Iran, at the age of 10.^[4] During the 1990s civil war, his family left the city and lived as refugees in Iran.

He became a member of the Afghan Taekwondo team after watching martial arts films.

Rohullah nikpai biography of mahatma gandhi

He repatriated to Afghanistan in 2004 and continued his training at the government provided Olympic training facility in Kabul. At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar Nikpa competed in the flyweight division where he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Nattapong Tewawetchapong of Thailand in the round of 16.

Nikpa competed in the 58 kg category at the