Pakistan’s Hamza Iqbal Raja has won a bronze medal for Pakistan in 10th Commonwealth Karate Championship being played at Birmingham.
Hamza, who hails from Azad Kashmir, was competing in men’s -84 category bout.
He started off his journey to Bronze with win over India’s Vivek Teja Cherupalli in first round. The Pakistani Karateka knocked out his Indian opponent convincingly with score of 8-0.
However, in quarter final contest Hamza went down 7-2 against England’s Joe Kellaway.
Following defeat in quarter final, Hamza’s chance of winning a medal remained alive and he entered in Repechage round.
He defeated Wales’ Nathan Preece 11-5 to qualify for the bronze medal bout where he faced Demetris Demetriades of Cyprus.
