Brigadier General Shaddad Al-Omari has been selected by the World Taekwondo Federation to lead taekwondo for the Islamic Solidarity Championships to be held next August in Konya, Turkey.
The choice of Al-Omari is due to his administrative and technical experience. In addition to being the President of the Kingdom’s Gaming Federation, he is a member of the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committees and First Vice President of the Arab Taekwondo Federation. in addition to other experience he gained during his leadership of military sports courses as chairman of the technical committee of the Military Sports Federation for a certain period of time.
For his part, Al-Omari affirmed that the trust placed in him was more of a mandate than an honor, emphasizing that he will work with all participants in organizing taekwondo competitions at this great global event to show it as exemplary and in a way that reflects what Taekwondo has achieved at the local and foreign levels.