Driton Halimi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 October 2001 Tetovo, North Macedonia |
| Sport | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Sport | Karate |
| Event(s) | Kumite |
Driton Halimi (born 28 October 2001)[1] is a North Macedonian karateka.[2] He has won many competitions from North Macedonia. He placed 7th in the 52 kg Kumite Male Cadet event at the Karate 1 WKF Youth Cup in Umag, Croatia.[3][4] He has also won first place at Sofia Cup competition in March 2022 [5] and Mustafë Blakaj Memorial Tournament in May 2022.[6]
Education[edit]
Halimi is studying for a degree in Physical Education at the University of Tetova.[4]
Career and tournament wins[edit]
Halimi competed and placed in the 52kg Kumite Male Cadets event in the Karate 1 WKF Youth Cup in Umag, Croatia in 2017.[3][7] He also earned third place in the Kumite Male Cadets - 52 event at the Grand Prix Croatia tournament.[8] As a youth, Halimi continued competing in the Karate 1 Youth League from 2018-2019.[9]
Halimi won the State and Electoral Championship of North Macedonia in December 2021, qualifying for the European Karate Championships in 2022.[2][10][11] However, due to an overnight rule change, he was replaced as North Macedonia’s representative by Bojan Kostovdo.[2][11][12]
Halimi won first place in the international Sofia Cup competition in March 2022.[5] After the tournament, North Macedonia’s Deputy Director of the Directorate of Public Revenue, Abdul-Selam Selami, met with Halimi to congratulate him.[13]
Halimi also met with the mayor of Tetova, Bilall Kasami.[14]
Halimi also won the Mustafë Blakaj Memorial Tournament in May 2022.[6]
In June 2022, Halimi competed in the Balkan Championship.[15] After advancing to the semifinals following victories he was eliminated from the competition after losing to the representative from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "WKF Ranking". accreditation.qtixx.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Loku, Qëndresa (2022-04-29). "Driton Halimi: "Stërivtja, mundi, investimi... Të gjitha të shkojnë kot në këtë vend"". Pa Censurë. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Official Results - 10th WKF Training Camp & Karate1 Youth Cup - 2017-06-26" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Reagon kampioni i RMV-së, karateisti Driton Halimi: Stërvitje, mund, djersë, kohë, investim, të gjitha të shkojnë kot në këtë vend". Agjencia Zhurnal.mk. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 SHQ, Minisel. "Driton Halimi ka fituar vendin e parë në Turneun ndërkombëtarë "Sofia Open" | Agjencia e Emigracionit" (in shqip). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Loku, Qëndresa (2021-05-03). "Karateisti nga Tetova Driton Halimi, i pari në Kosovë (VIDEO)". Pa Censurë. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Driton Halimi në kupën botërore". Arena Ring. 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "PORTAL ZA KARATE NATJECANJA | 26. Grand Prix Croatia | Results | KUMITE | KUMITE-Cadets (male)". karate-data.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "WKF Ranking". setopen.sportdata.org. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Driton Halimi kualifikohet në Kampionatin Europian". TV SHENJA (in shqip). 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Dërguan kundërshtarin maqedonas në Kampionatin Evropian, reagon ashpër Driton Halimi". NMK POST. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ aktuale1 (2022-04-30). "U shpall kampion, por nuk do të merr pjesë në Europian, reagon për padrejtësi Driton Halimi!". aktuale.mk. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Suksesi në Sofia Open/ Selami takon karateistin Driton Halimi". Lapsi. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Bilall Kasami takon karateistin Driton Halimi, i premton mbështetjen e komunës së Tetovës". Top24 (in shqip). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Driton Halimi, sukses i shqiptarëve!". A news24. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Driton Halimi gjunjëzon serbin në Beograd, por..." Bota Sot. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
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