Abdoul Razak Issoufou

thumb|Abdoulrazak Issoufou at the 2016 Summer Olympics Abdoul Razak Issoufou (born 26 December 1994), also known as Razak Alfaga, is a Nigerien taekwondo athlete. Quotes When I won medals, I hid them so my mother wouldn't see them. I used to take his children to taekwondo. Since I often got into street fights, he thought it best if I did it too, but on the condition that it remained secret. She would confiscate my doboks (the white outfit, editor's note), I would secretly buy them back with my own money. she learned that I had been selected for the national team. A cousin pleaded my case. And she said, 'OK, but you don't have the right to make a mistake When I won the silver medal in Rio, I thought of my parents," who died when he was 12 (his father) and 17 (his mother). "They always believed in me and said I would succeed in life. Since 2012, I regularly sent him messages saying 'I want to be like you'. He would reply 'Your height is an advantage, but you need more than that! Work! Work! Work!' He showed me the way. Today, he still encourages me. I lost focus. I was happy to have won the medal. A mistake, I was young. I want to win gold in Tokyo for the people of Niger. I am sacrificing myself, I train three times a day. There is a proverb here that says 'suffer when you are young, otherwise you will suffer when you are old. In Africa, people fight in the street. You have to be the strongest. Even among children, anything goes. But I tell young people that they should fight on the tatami and not in the street. Abdoulrazak Alfaga, practicing Taekwondo in secret in Niger in the spotlight of the Olympic Games, December 30 2020 External links Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Martial artists Category:Sportspeople from Niger