Yaser Ismail was born in the United Arab Emirates to Palestinians from the West Bank town of Jenin, who had settled in Sharjah in 2003, and was raised in his birth country.

He started taekwondo between the ages of 9 and 10, training in Sharjah, and was competing in international competitions by the time he was 12 years old.

[1][2][3] Yaser Ismail won a bronze medal at the Cadet World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in August 2019.

He won a bronze at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, in August 2022.

[6] Yaser Ismail served as national flagbearer at the closing ceremony alongside swimmer Valerie Tarazi.