Mahama Cho

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Mahama Cho
File:Mahama Cho Rio2016.jpg
Cho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born16 August 1989 (1989-08-16) (age 36)
Ivory Coast
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byPaul Green[2]
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Men's taekwondo
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Muju +87 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2013 Manchester +80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rabat +80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Astana +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Suzhou +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taoyuan +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rome +80 kg
Updated on 19 September 2019

Mahama Cho (born 16 August 1989) is a taekwondo practitioner who competes in the +87 kg category. Born in the Ivory Coast, he has represented both Great Britain and France in the sport.[3]

Early life and personal life

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Abdoufata Cho Mahama was raised by his grandmother in the Ivory Coast; his father was abroad and his mother was unable to care for him.[4] A practising Muslim, he attended an Arabic school in Abidjan.[4] As a child, Cho was bullied.[4]

Cho moved to London at the age of eight, at the request of his father.[4] Cho's father Zakaia was a former African taekwondo champion who was teaching the sport there whilst also driving taxis.[4] When he arrived in England, staying first in Kennington and then in Stockwell, Cho was unable to speak any English.[4] He lived with his father's new family, forming a particularly close friendship with his step-brother David.[4]

In 2014, he became engaged to French heptathlete Antoinette Nana Djimou.[4] but their relationship ended in 2017.

He finally married Konnie Touré, an Ivorian radio and TV presenter, producer, actress, singer, screenwriter and business manager in 2023, in Abidjan.

Football career

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Cho played semi-professionally for Erith Town.[4] He trialled with Dagenham and Redbridge at the age of 16.[4] He gave up his football career at the age of 17 to focus on taekwondo.[4]

Taekwondo career

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He joined the British taekwondo squad at the age of 17.[4] He was injured at the 2011 World Championships.[4] After that event, he moved to Paris to study.[4] He joined the French taekwondo squad, winning gold at 2013 Dutch and USA Opens.[4]

After returning to compete for Britain, at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix he won a gold medal in 2013,[5] and a silver medal in 2014.[6] In January 2016 he secured Britain their fourth and final qualifying place for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Results

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2017

2016

5th 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2015

2014

2013

2012

References

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  1. ^ Mahama Cho Archived 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ Mahama Cho. nbcolympics.com
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