Tareq Abdesselem
# Tareq Abdesselem

Tareq Abdesselem (born 19, February) is an Olympic Head Coach and a former French Karateka champion. Tareq is the head national coach of team Olympic Kazakhstan for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Games. He is also a former Thailand and Indonesia national head coach of the Karate team, and a former Athlete French national team. Under his coaching, the Kazakh karate team create a historical performance, by qualifying 5 athletes and winning two bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. The only team in the World to qualify complete Men Kumite Athletes in Tokyo.

## Career

Abdesselem was born in Marseille region, France on 19 February 1987. His first Karate match of event 32nd European Cadet & Junior Karate Championships happened in earlier 2005 in Greece. In 2013, The Thailand karate team under Abdesselem's coaching won the first-ever Southeast Asian Games (SEA) in the men's team event. And also, be among the Top 3 Asian Team at the 2015 Yokohama Asian Championships Seniors. The Indonesian team won 3 gold medals in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games (SEA) under Abdesselem's coaching. As an international athlete, Tareq Took medals at 3 World Karate1 Premier League and participated at Continental Championship, and World Championship, under the French National Team (FFK).

