Ismaël Coulibaly

Ismaël Coulibaly

Personal information
Nationality	Malian
Born	(1992-11-20) November 20, 1992 (age 24)
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Weight class	Lightweight
Medal record Taekwondo Representing  Mali World Championships 2011 Gyeongju Lightweight 2015 Chelyabinsk Lightweight Africa Games 2011 Maputo −74 kg 2015 Brazzaville Lightweight World Taekwondo Grand Prix 2015 Moscow 80 kg African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament 2016 Agadir −80 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016.

Ismaël Coulibaly (born 20 November 1992) is a Malian taekwondo practitioner who mainly fights in the lightweight division. Coulibaly represented Mali at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he competed in the men's 80kg competition. He was Mali's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics. He has also competed in three World Taekwondo Championships, a World Taekwondo Grand Prix and two African Games. He has won multiple World Championship medals and multiple medals in African regional competitions.

Coulibaly's debut at an international sporting competition was at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships where he competed in the lightweight competition. His first fight in the competition was in the round of 64, where he beat Sawatvilay Phimmasone of Laos 7–3. He then beat German Mokdad Ounis 4–3 and Mexican Uriel Adriano 15–7 to progress through to the quarterfinals. In his quarterfinal, Coulibaly faced Austrian Manuel Mark and won 9–7. In the semi-final of the competition, Coulibaly fought Alireza Nasr Azadani of Iran. Azadani won the fight nine seven. Therefore, Coulibaly, along with the other loser in the semi-finals, Turk Rıdvan Baygut, was awarded a bronze medal. He was Mali's only medalist at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships. At the 2011 All-Africa Games, Coulibaly won a bronze medal in the −74 kg competition.

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