Ahmed Tijan
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| Full name | Ahmed Tijan Janko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1995 Banjul, The Gambia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ahmed Tijan Janko (born on April 28, 1995) is a Qatari beach volleyball player originally from The Gambia.[1]
In 2018, he alongside Cherif Younousse clinched the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia.[2] The pair qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first ever medal for Qatar in beach volleyball.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "With pressure as their friend, Qatar's Cherif and Ahmed Tijan aim high". FIVB. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Qatar clinches fourth gold at Asian Games". The Peninsula. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Younousse and Tijan win Qatar's first beach volleyball bronze". NBC Olympics. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ahmed Tijan.
- Ahmed Tijan at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Ahmed Tijan at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Ahmed Tijan at Olympics.com
- Ahmed Tijan at Olympedia
- Ahmed Tijan at Team Qatar
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Banjul
- Gambian emigrants to Qatar
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Qatari beach volleyball players
- Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar
- Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Qatar
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Naturalised sports competitors
- Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Qatar
- Qatari sportspeople stubs
- Asian volleyball biography stubs