Laachraoui may be selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil but he was n't . The quota place for Belgian team in the men 's 58 kg was originally earned by Si Mohamed Ketbi via his world ranking position . However , Ketbi has struggled to maintain his weight and was unable to compete at the European Championships . The Belgian Taewkondo Federation is yet to decide between the three candidates that met the standard of being in the top 20 of the global Olympic 58 kg rankings ; Laachraoui , ranked 15th , Ketbi , ranked 6th , and Salaheddine Bensaleh , ranked 18 , are all eligible but Ketbi went in the end . Laachraoui was born on 31 March 1995 . His brother Najim Laachraoui was a terrorist confirmed to be one of the two suicide bombers at the Brussels Airport in the 2016 Brussels bombings . At a press conference following the bombings Mourad Laachraoui said that he was " scared and saddened " by what his brother had done and that " you do n't choose your family . "
2016 Brussels bombings
2016 Brussels bombings
Mourad Laachraoui