Aziz Acharki

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Aziz Acharki Taekwondo
Personal information
Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: March 27, 1972
Place of birth: Nador , Morocco
Medals

Bel-Aziz Acharki (born March 27, 1972 in Nador , Morocco ) was national trainer of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Team from 2017 to the end of 2018 and was German national Taekwondo trainer from 2010 to 2016 . He was born in Nador and is of Moroccan origin.

He was world champion (up to 70 kg) in 1995, military world champion in 2001 and 2002, vice military world champion in 1996 and 1999 and two-time European champion in 1996 and 2000. He has also participated very successfully in several national and international competitions and was fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Life

Acharki started practicing Taekwondo at the 1st Godesberger Judo Club at the age of 11 under the direction of Thomas Fabula . For several years he was a member of the DTU national team and long-time captain of the German TKD national team. After completing his professional training, Acharki achieved his greatest successes as a German sports soldier for the Sonthofen sports company. From 1996 to 2002 he fought for the Sauerland Taekwondo Association KDK Attendorn. After completing his active competitive time, he was NWTU national trainer. From 2002 to 2005 Acharki was a regional trainer with special assignments in North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1996 to 2004 he was active spokesman for the German Taekwondo Union in the DSB (today DOSB). After the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 he founded the OTC-Bonn eV, "Olympic Taekwondo Club Bonn", which today is a state performance base for Taekwondo and as a performance center belongs to the Olympic base in Rhineland. Acharki was a functional trainer at the national level in the DTU competitive sports team for several years and was responsible for competitive Olympic sports from January 1, 2013 until the end of 2016 in the role of full-time national coach for men.

Acharki is married with two sons and two daughters. He is a 4th Dan ( WTF Taekwondo).

Success as an athlete

As an active competitor, Acharki has won several titles at international level since the late 1980s, including a.

  • 5th place in featherweight (up to 68 kg) at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
  • World champion (up to 70 kg) in Manila / Philippines in 1995
  • Bronze medal (up to 70 kg) at the 1993 World Championships in New York / USA
  • two-time military world champion (up to 78 kg) ( CISM ) 2001 in Woensdrecht / Netherlands and 2002 in Fort Hood / USA
  • two-time European middleweight champion (up to 72 kg) in Helsinki in 1996 and in Patras in 2000
  • Multiple German champion and winner of international tournaments at European and world level

Success as a trainer

Acharki was NRW regional trainer from 2002 and from 2008 he trained several national squad athletes at the state performance base in Bonn. From 2008 Acharki was a functional trainer at federal level and from 2013 he was DTU national trainer for men:

Honors

As part of his duties as a trainer and functionary, Acharki received the following honors:

  • Newly created honorary award Bonner Sport 2009 by Mayor Jürgen Nimptsch
  • Presentation of the sports badge of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2009 by Minister of the Interior Ingo Wolf , "Aziz Acharki has distinguished himself in a special way as a trainer and speaker on the development of Taekwondo sport. He lives the values ​​of sport and is a role model for the youth of the association ", according to the laudation of the representative of the Ministry of Interior.
  • 2003: Olympic ambassador for Düsseldorf-Rhein-Ruhr application for the 2012 Olympic Games
  • Gold badge of honor by the DTU on the occasion of the 1995 World Cup
  • Gold badge of honor by the NWTU on the occasion of the 1995 World Cup
  • Award of the sports plaques in gold, silver and bronze by the city of Bonn

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.otc-bonn.de/training/azizacharki.php
  2. ↑ World champion from North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://otc-bonn.de/index.php?p=inhalte/02-verein/03-trainer/trainerdetails/#aziz
  4. ↑ Placement of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
  5. ↑ Placements at CISM
  6. ↑ Mayor Jürgen Nimptsch awards the newly created prize to a total of eight Bonn residents. Retrieved August 20, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Minister Dr. Ingo Wolf awards 15 personalities with the sports badge of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia / 50th award of the sports badge on the MS Rhein Energie. State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, November 9, 2009, accessed October 30, 2010 .

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personal data
SURNAME Acharki, Aziz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acharki, Bel-Aziz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Nador , Morocco