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2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China. Qualifications and seeding position * In case of one athlete occupying multiple seeding positions, the highest seeding position shall be assigned to the athlete, and vacant seeding positions shall be filled by other seeding athletes only * The highest Olympic ranking athletes of November, 2018 shall fill up the unoccupied position, but not for seeding. Non Seeded Athletes are as follows: * 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II * 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I * 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II * 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I * Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee * Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee * Host Country Athlete Events schedule The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuxi
Wuxi (, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou. In 2017 it had a population of 3,542,319, with 6,553,000 living in the entire prefecture-level city area. By the end of 2019, the city's registered population was 5.0283 million. Wuxi is a prominent historical and cultural city of China, and has been a thriving economic center since ancient times as a production as an export hub of rice, silk and textiles. In the last few decades it has emerged as a major producer of electrical motors, software, solar technology and bicycle parts. The city lies in the southern delta of the Yangtze River and on Lake Tai, which with its 48 islets is popular with tourists. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lingshan Grand Buddha Scenic Area and its -tall Grand Buddha at Ling Shan statue, Xihui Park, Wuxi Zoo and Taihu Lake Amusement Park and the Wuxi Museum. The city is served by Sunan Shuofang I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjad Mardani
Sajjad Mardani ( fa, سجاد مردانی, born 1 July 1988 in Shahrekord, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...) is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner, he won the silver medal in the men's heavyweight class at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships held in Puebla, Mexico. Sajjad Mardani has also been on the world's top 5 (+ 80 kg) taekwondo weights since 2013, always and annually. References Iranian male taekwondo practitioners 1986 births Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Iran Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Iran World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian people 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelynn Gorman-Shore
Madelynn Gorman-Shore (born 1999) is an American taekwondo athlete. She won the silver medal at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam on the women's heavyweight's. As of the December 2018 World Taekwondo rankings, Gorman-Shore is currently ranked 5th in the women's -73 kg. division. retrieved December 18, 2018 In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. Competitions 1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up ... held in Baku, Azerbaijan. References 1999 births Living people American female taekwondo practitioners Sportspeople from Denver Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Walkden
Bianca Cook, also known as Bianca Walkden (born 29 September 1991) is a British taekwondo athlete and Olympian. She is a three-time World champion, twice World Grand Prix champion, four-time European champion and a double Olympic medallist. Career She represented Great Britain at 2016 Olympic Games winning a bronze medal. Walkden is a triple World champion, four time European champion, and twice World Grand Prix Final champion in her division. In 2017 she became the first practitioner ever to win all 4 Grand Prix events in her division in a single season (having also won the one-off Grand Prix Final in London of the truncated 2016 season). In May 2015, she won the gold medal in the +73kg category at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Russia beating Gwladys Epangue in the final. She became only the second Briton to win a world title after Sarah Stevenson in 2001 and 2011, and the third to win a global title after Stevenson and Jade Jones' Olympic success in 2012. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gbagbi
Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi (born 7 February 1994 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the 67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she was defeated by Hwang Kyung-Seon in the preliminary round and eliminated by Helena Fromm in the repechage contest. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, she defeated Farida Azizova to win the bronze medal. She was part of an Ivorian team that included Cheick Sallah Cissé who also won a medal and Mamina Koné.Taekwondo: Ivorian Mamina Koné eliminated Abidjan.net, Retrieved 12 November 2016 Gbagbi returned in the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Nur Tatar
Nur Tatar Askari (born August 16, 1992 in Van, Turkey) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions. She is of Kurdish descent. She was a member of the TSE Sports Club in Ankara before she transferred to Ankara İller Bankası. She is coached by Cüneyt Gülçek. Nur Tatar won her first medal at the age of 15. She won twice the European Junior Taekwondo Championships, and reached to gold medals in A-class tournaments in Europe. She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won the silver medal at 67 kg. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey she became gold medalist. She qualified again for olympics at 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Williams (taekwondo)
Lauren Williams (born 25 February 1999) is a British taekwondo athlete who represents Great Britain. Williams won her third consecutive European championship Gold medal in 2019 in Bari, Italy. She holds these titles in the -67 kg weight category. 2014/2016 Williams won the Junior World championships consecutively. In December 2018, Williams won the Grand Slam Series held in Wuxi China. Williams has 2 Gold medals from the Grand Prix Series with multiple podium finishes. She qualified a Quota place for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games through Top 5 Ranking Automatic qualification, and won the silver medal in the -67 kg weight category, after losing the final to Matea Jelić Matea Jelić (born 23 December 1997) is a Croatian taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head- .... References Lauren Williams used to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ah-reum
Lee Ah-reum (; born 22 April 1992) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete. She attended Seoul Physical Education High School () and Korea National Sport University. She won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's featherweight category, defeating Mayu Hamada of Japan. She won the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southe ... in the women's featherweight category, beating the Olympic champion Jade Jones in the semi-finals and Hatice Kübra İlgün of Turkey in the final. She has a history of participating in the Asian games. References External links *Video interview with Leeafter the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow, via Mookas * 1992 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Jones (taekwondo)
Jade Louise Jones (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh taekwondo athlete. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016, 2018 and 2021 European champion and 2015 European Games champion at the same weight. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic gold medal in this category. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg category, winning gold for Great Britain in 2010. Career history Jones was born in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales. She attended Flint High School leaving aged 16 to take up taekwondo full-time. , Jones was tall and weighs . She competes as part of the GB Taekwondo Academy, which is based in Manchester. In 2010 Jones won a bronze medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Jones competed for Great Britain at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore; she beat Vietnam's Thanh Thao Nguyen 9–6 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Lijun
Zhou Lijun (born 1 January 1999) is a Chinese taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships on the women's featherweight's. Later, she won the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China. Qualifications and seeding position * In case of one athlete occupying multiple seeding positio ... defeating the olympic champion Jade Jones on the grand final of the women's featherweight's. References Chinese female taekwondo practitioners Living people 1999 births World Taekwondo Championships medalists Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Xueqin
Tan Xueqin is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal in finweight at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Mahla Momenzadeh Mahla Momenzadeh ( fa, مهلا مؤمنزاده, born 15 September 2002 in Karaj) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete and coach. She won a silver medal in the Taekwondo -46 kg weight class at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships The 20 ... in the semifinal. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Chinese female taekwondo practitioners World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Min-ah
Ha Min-ah (born 9 November 1995) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. Ha won a gold medal in flyweight division at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk, a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, and a silver medal in flyweight division at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships The 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and was scheduled from April 18 to 20, 2016 at the Marriott Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Medal summary Me .... References External links * 1995 births Living people South Korean female taekwondo practitioners Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Asian Taekwondo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
