Cheick Cissé Sallah Junior, born September 19, 1993 in Abidjan, Côte d`Ivoire, is an international taekwondo champion.
Three-time African champion, runner-up in the World University Championship, runner-up in the World Team Championship, he is also the first and only Ivorian to win a Grand Prix gold medal.
Number 3 in the Olympic rankings, he qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the -80 kilos category and won the gold medal by beating the British Lutalo Muhammad, thus becoming the first Olympic champion in the history of his country, Côte d'Ivoire, on August 20, 2016.
A gold medallist at the 2015 African Games, the 2015 Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow and the 2016 African Taekwondo Championships in Port Said (Egypt), Cheick Cissé was certainly a medal hopeful for Côte d'Ivoire at the Rio Games.
Awards and publications
Achievements
OLYMPIC GAMES
Gold medal, Olympic Games Gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GRAND PRIX
Gold medal Gold medal at the 2015 Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow, Russia
Silver medal Silver medal at the 2015 Taekwondo Grand Prix in Turkey
Bronze medal Bronze medal Taekwondo Grand Prix 2015, Manchester, UK
AFRICAN GAMES
Gold medal Gold medal at the 2015 All-Africa Games in Congo - Brazzaville
African Championships
Gold medal Gold medal at the 2016 African Taekwondo Championships in Port-Said, Egypt
Gold medal Gold medal at the 2014 African Taekwondo Championships in Tunis, Tunisia
WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
Silver medal Silver medal at the 2015 Taekwondo World University Games, South Korea
WORLD CUPS
Silver medal Silver medal at the 2013 Team World Cup, Ivory Coast
INTERNATIONAL OPENS
Gold medal Gold medal at German International Open 2016
Gold medal Gold medal at the Croatian International Open 2015
Bronze medal Bronze medal at the Spanish Open 2015 in Pontevedra, Spain
Silver medal Silver medal at Luxor Open 2015, Egypt
Ambassador of the Heart Angel Foundation. He works to promote education, culture, and the values of sport to help Ivorian youth realize their dreams