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Monday, May 11, 2026
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Monday, May 11, 2026
Israeli para-athlete takes gold at European Taekwondo Championships
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Israeli para-athlete Asaf Yasur at the European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany, May 11, 2026. (Israel Taekwondo Association)
Israeli para-athlete Asaf Yasur wins a gold medal in the European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany.
Yasur, competing in the men’s under-58kg weight category, beats Azerbaijan’s Sabir Zeynalov 2-1 in the last seconds of the gold-medal match.
Earlier, he beat Turkey’s Hamza Tehrani 2-1 in the semifinal.
Yasur, 24, also won gold at the European Championships in 2024, at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, and at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in 2023.
The Jerusalem native lost both of his hands in an electrocution accident when he was 13.
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