Naomie Katoka

Naomie Katoka Kasumpata (born 10 August 1999) is a Congolese female taekwondo practitioner.

Naomie Katoka
Personal information
Full nameNaomie Katoka Kasumpata
Born (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999
Medal record
Representing  Democratic Republic of the Congo
African Taekwondo Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Agadir-62 kg

Personal life

Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kinshasa. She is married to Benjamin Matutadidi.[1]

Career

Katoka was a gold medalist in the under 63 kg category at the 2014 African Youth Games in Gaborone.[2] In 2018 she won bronze at the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships, and she reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 African Games.

She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg,[3] by an invitation from the Tripartite Commission,[4] but was disqualified prior to the first round.[5]

While the Congolese federation released a statement saying she had been 300 grams overweight, it was also reported that she had been ruled unable to compete when a pre-fight medical examination revealed she was pregnant.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Taekwondo KATOKA Naomie". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  2. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData.
  3. "Athletes - Naomie KATOKA | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". www.eurosport.co.uk.
  4. Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". mastkd.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. "Taekwondo - Women -67kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. "Olympic Games: Pregnant Taekwondo fighter Naomie Kasumpata disqualified". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. "JO Tokyo 2020 : Naomie Katoka rejette les rumeurs liant sa disqualification à « une prétendue grossesse "". Radio Okapi (in French). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. "J.O/Taekwondo: Naomie Katoka disqualifiée à cause de 300 grammes de trop". Actualite.cd (in French). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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