Cheick Sallah Cissé

Not to be confused with Cheick Cissé.
Cheick Sallah Cissé
Personal information
Full nameCheick Sallah Cissé Junior
NicknamePolozo
NationalityIvorian
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993
Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event –80 kg
ClubINEKA Taekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Ivory Coast
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio De Janeiro 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris +80 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku +87 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rabat 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abidjan (F) 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Riyadh (F) +80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris +80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester (F) +80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Taoyuan 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Manchester 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Fujairah (F) 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rome 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paris +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester +80 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 80 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Port Said 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 87 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Agadir 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Kigali 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tunis 80 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju 80 kg

Cheick Sallah Cissé Junior[1] (born 19 September 1993) is an Ivorian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2]

After winning gold at the 2015 African Games in the men's 80 kg, he represented Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the same category.[3] He reached the final of the tournament, competing against Britain's Lutalo Muhammad. Behind by six points to five, Cissé scored with a head-kick in the final second of the match to win the tie 8–6 and take the gold medal.[4] The gold was Ivory Coast's first ever Olympic title,[5] and came on a night where Ruth Gbagbi won a bronze in the women's 67 kg taekwondo, increasing the country's all-time Olympic medals from one to three in one session.[5]

He also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 80 kg event.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Cissé Cheick Sallah Junior n'est pas à sa première médaille d'or mondial". Le Point Sur (in French). 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ Burke, Patrick (4 June 2023). "Cissé claims first World Taekwondo Championships title seven years on from Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Olympic taekwondo results 2016: Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cissé wins 80kg gold at the buzzer, South Korea's Oh Hye-Ri wins 67kg". SB Nation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Cisse's last-second kick delivers gold for Ivory Coast". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ Soir, Afrik (24 February 2020). "Côte d'Ivoire : Seydou Gbané et Aminata Traoré qualifiés en Taekwondo pour les JO 2020". Afrik Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.


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