[6] Abughaush started Taekwondo at a local training center in Amman, his skills qualified him for inclusion in the national team.

In 2010, he participated in the Taekwondo World Championship for juniors that was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, where he was the only Arab athlete to achieve a gold medal.

The year later he competed as an elite at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in the men's finweight event and was beaten by Meisam Bagheri in the 16th finals.

[1] Abugaush took a year off in 2013 after he had suffered a rupture in the cruciate ligament, he soon returned to training and won gold medals in a number of international championships in 2014.

[7] Abughaush competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 68 kg,[2] where he won the gold medal, defeating Alexey Denisenko from Russia.