Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa

Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa (Arabic: عبد الرحمن المصاطفة; born 26 May 1996)^[1] is a Jordanian karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[2][3] He is also a three-time medalist at the Asian Games and an eight-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships.

Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa

Personal information
Born	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Country	Jordan
Sport	Karate
Weight class	67 kg
Events	Kumite Team kumite
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Jordan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Kumite 67 kg Asian Games 2014 Incheon Kumite 60 kg 2022 Hangzhou Kumite 67 kg 2018 Jakarta Kumite 67 kg Asian Karate Championships 2018 Amman Kumite 67 kg 2022 Tashkent Kumite 67 kg 2023 Malacca Kumite 67 kg 2019 Tashkent Kumite 67 kg 2021 Almaty Kumite 67 kg 2021 Almaty Team kumite 2022 Tashkent Team kumite 2023 Malacca Team kumite Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Kumite 67 kg

Career

Al-Masatfa won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1]

Al-Masatfa won the gold medal in his event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan.^[4] He defeated Fahad Al-Khathami of Saudi Arabia in his gold medal match. In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[5][6]

He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Jordan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[7][8] At the Olympics, Al-Masatfa won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event. He was also the flag bearer for Jordan during the closing ceremony.^[9]

In December 2021, Al-Masatfa won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[10][11] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event.^[11]

Al-Masatfa won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.^[12]

In 2023, Al-Masatfa won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.^[13][14] He defeated Didar Amirali of Kazakhstan in his gold medal match.^[13][14] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event.^[14] In the same year, Al-Masatfa won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	Kumite 60 kg
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Kumite 67 kg
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	Kumite 67 kg
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	3rd	Kumite 67 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Kumite 67 kg
	Asian Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan	3rd	Kumite 67 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	3rd	Kumite 67 kg
	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st	Kumite 67 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
2023	Asian Championships	Malacca, Malaysia	1st	Kumite 67 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	2nd	Kumite 67 kg

References

1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
3. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
5. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
6. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
7. Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2021). "Emotions run high as first nine earn Tokyo 2020 debut places at WKF final qualifier in Paris". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
8. "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
9. "List of closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
10. Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
11. "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
12. "Karate Results Book". 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
13. Burke, Patrick (21 July 2023). "Lau wins battle of Olympic medallists on first day of AKF Senior Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
14. "2023 Asian Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

External links

• Abdel Rahman ALMASATFA – World Karate Federation ranking
• Abdel Rahman ALMASATFA at Olympics.com
• Abdel Rahman Al-Masatfa at Olympedia (archive)