Senegal, Jordan and Germany Win Day Three Taekwondo Golds at Dakar 2026
DAKAR, Senegal. Marie Sarr, Abdallah Alzawahra and Luna Fellinger won the three Taekwondo titles on Tuesday, November 10, at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Senegal, Jordan and Germany shared the gold medals at the Complexe Iba Mar Diop.
Marie Sarr won the women’s −55 kg title to claim what World Taekwondo described as Senegal’s first Olympic Taekwondo medal. Abdallah Alzawahra took the men’s −63 kg gold, while Luna Fellinger won the women’s −63 kg event.
Their victories followed the Day Two titles won by Siwoo Lee and Po-Yu Cheng. Read MASTKD+’s Day Two recap
Sarr wins gold on home soil
Senegal’s Marie Sarr, 16, defeated Tunisia’s Yasmine Haouani 2–0 in the women’s −55 kg final. Public broadcaster RTS reported round scores of 8–4 and 11–3. World Taekwondo described her victory as Senegal’s first Olympic Taekwondo medal. Teammate Aida Touré added bronze in the women’s −63 kg division, giving the host nation two medals on the day.
Afterward, Sarr thanked her coaches, the national team and her family in comments reported by Senegalese news agency APS.
According to WT, Sarr attended its Olympic Solidarity camps in Senegal in 2024, 2025 and 2026. International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry watched the competition alongside WT President Chungwon Choue and Dagmawit Girmay Berhane, an IOC member and WT Council member.
Alzawahra and Fellinger take the other titles
Jordan’s Abdallah Alzawahra beat Mexico’s Guillermo Manuel Cortés Labastida, the reigning junior world champion from Tashkent 2026, 2–1 in the men’s −63 kg final. WT reported that Alzawahra had attended an Olympic Solidarity camp in Jordan in 2025.
In the women’s −63 kg final, Germany’s Luna Fellinger defeated Iran’s Asal Goltapeh 2–0. Türkiye’s Ayse Isik and Senegal’s Aida Touré earned bronze.
Day Three Medalists
Women’s Kyorugi −55 kg
- 🥇 Marie Sarr — Senegal
- 🥈 Yasmine Haouani — Tunisia
- 🥉 Karlee Vogel — United States
- 🥉 Aline Saraí Herrera Martínez — Mexico
Men’s Kyorugi −63 kg
- 🥇 Abdallah Alzawahra — Jordan
- 🥈 Guillermo Manuel Cortés Labastida — Mexico
- 🥉 Nikolai Yuma Sparre — Germany
- 🥉 Ibrahim Efe Duzel — Türkiye
Women’s Kyorugi −63 kg
- 🥇 Luna Fellinger — Germany
- 🥈 Asal Goltapeh — Iran
- 🥉 Ayse Isik — Türkiye
- 🥉 Aida Touré — Senegal
Individual competition concludes Wednesday, November 11, with the women’s +63 kg and men’s −73 kg and +73 kg divisions. The mixed-team event closes the Taekwondo program on Thursday, November 12.
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