Nesar Ahmad Bahawi

Nesar Ahmad Bahawi is an Afghan taekwondo athlete and multiple Asian-level medallist, also listed as Nesar Ahmad Bahave. His early international achievements included a bronze medal in the men's 72-kilogram division at the Doha 2006 Asian Games and silver at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing. He later won gold at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games and silver in the men's under-80-kilogram event at Guangzhou 2010. Bahawi represented Afghanistan at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. His record provides an important link between Afghanistan's early participation in modern Olympic taekwondo and subsequent continental success.