A Yemeni Tae-Kwan-Do  referee for Sydney 2000 [Archives:1999/18/Sports]

The international academy and the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do has chosen the international Tae-Kwan-Do referee Kamal Owaif Baamr as an international referee who will participate in the 2000 Olympic games to be held in Sydney. Kamal will participate as a referee and will be managing several of the Tae-Kwan-Do matches which will be held in Olympics. This is the first occasion of its type in Yemeni sports history .
The agreement and selection of Kamal came after the convocation from the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do in Seoul (south Korea) met with the referee Kamal Owaif last week. He will be participating in the required training course, which is held for international referees who are approved by the referees council of the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do. This is an organized international union for referee selection, and they decide who will participate in refereeing the matches.
The referee Kamal Owaif succeeded in being selected by the international referee council to the group of referees which will participate in Sydney.
Kamal Owaif is considered a founder of Tae-Kwan-Do in Yemen, and he has a black belt 5 Dan’s and has participated in refereeing many international & Arabian games. The last one he participated in was held in the year 1997 in Manila, the Philippines.
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