Name: Tamer Baioumi Salah
Sport: Taekwondo
Age: 28 years
Weight: 58 kilos
Height: 172cm
Education: Higher Institute of Tourism and Hotels
Hometown: Alexandria
Marital status: Single
Hobbies: Fishing

Coach: Saied Hussin, Amr Khairy, Mahmoud Shalaby
Age when started in sports: 6 years old
Reason to start in sports:                                                                                                                                                He watched taekwondo training at El Raml club in Alexandria and went back home kicking his father and asking him to play taekwondo.
Major achievements:                                                                                                                                                         Silver medal in Egypt International Championship in 1999, bronze medal in the World Cup in France year 2000, several times Gold medalist in Africa and Arab championships, gold medal in African games 2002, Bronze medalist in Athens Olympic Games 2004, Bronze medalist World championship China 2007, Bronze medalist in Manchester International Championship 2010.
Most recent achievement: Gold medal in the 10th African Taekwondo Championship, November 2010, Tripoli, Libya
World ranking: 6th
Proudest moment: Winning the bronze medal in Athens Olympic Games in 2004 as the first Arab and African to get an Olympic medal in taekwondo.
Most difficult moment: When he lost due to an unfair judgement in the world qualifications for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Editor’s comment: What makes Tamer different from other champions is the fact that most Olympic Champions give up hard training after their Olympic wins and their skill level goes down but Tamer is still working hard to keep his ranking and to bring more world medals to his country.