Lutalo Muhammad
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Zimbabwean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 June 1991 Walthamstow, London |
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| Residence | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Middlesex University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | gbtaekwondo.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | -80kg -87kg |
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| Club | Wayne Muhammad Taekwondo Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Wayne Muhammad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (-80kg) 4 (-87kg) |
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Lutalo Muhammad (born 3 June 1991) is a British taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2012 summer olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 summer olympics, winning a silver medal. He won the Gold medal in the -87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. He is the most successful male in British taekwondo history.
Muhammad was born on 3 June 1991 in Walthamstow, London, England to immigrants from Zimbabwe. He was coached by his father, Wayne Muhammad, in the art of taekwondo from the age of three.
Muhammad won the Gold medal in the -87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.
There is no -87 kg category in the Olympic Games; however, Muhammad was selected to be Britain's representative in the -80 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This decision was controversial as he was selected instead of Aaron Cook, who was the World No. 1 and European champion in the -80 kg class. The controversy attracted considerable attention in the media.
The decision drew criticism from former athletes such as John Cullen and Steve Redgrave. Muhammed received hate mail following his selection. GB performance director Gary Hall defended his selection and said "Aaron has a bigger marketing machine than the whole of GB Taekwondo", whilst fellow taekwondo competitor Sarah Stevenson dismissed the world rankings as inconsequential.
Muhammad stated that "Unfortunately with the nature of sport there are always going to be winners and losers so I wish him all the best for his future, but my focus right now is not Aaron Cook, it's a gold medal in London." In the games Muhammad reached the quarter-finals where he lost to Nicolás García of Spain. In the repechage he defeated Armenian Arman Yeremyan 9–3 winning a bronze medal.
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