Ismael Yacouba

{{Short description|Nigerien taekwondo practitioner (born 1993)}}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Rabat | 68 kg }}

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Ismael Yacouba Garba (born 27 April 1993) is a Nigerien taekwondo practitioner.

In 2017, he competed in the men's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea.{{Cite web|title=Results|url=http://www.taekwondo-oezer.de/wp-content/uploads/Turniere/20170624-30-WM-Senioren-2017-Poollisten.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822225217/http://www.taekwondo-oezer.de/wp-content/uploads/Turniere/20170624-30-WM-Senioren-2017-Poollisten.pdf|archive-date=22 August 2020|access-date=22 August 2020|website=2017 World Taekwondo Championships}} At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, he won the silver medal in the men's 68 kg event.{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Dan|date=29 March 2018|title=Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063289/olympic-gold-medallist-cisse-suffers-final-defeat-at-african-taekwondo-championships|url-status=live|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209232331/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063289/olympic-gold-medallist-cisse-suffers-final-defeat-at-african-taekwondo-championships|archive-date=9 December 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/resultlist_display.html?tnid=772&cid=senior|title=2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results|website=Taekwondo Data|access-date=24 February 2020}}

In 2019, he competed in the men's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=Results|url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Results-–-Day-5-–-Manchester-2019-WTC.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522042201/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Results-–-Day-5-–-Manchester-2019-WTC.pdf|archive-date=22 May 2019|access-date=9 August 2020|website=2019 World Taekwondo Championships}} In the same year, he represented Niger at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 68 kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%203%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf|title=Taekwondo Day 3 Results|website=2019 African Games|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824044029/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%203%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2019}} In the final, he defeated Abdelrahman Wael of Egypt.