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Taekwondo At The 2015 European Games
Taekwondo competitions at the 2015 European Games in Baku were held between 16 and 19 June 2015 at the Crystal Hall complex in Baku. The competition consisted of four weight events in each gender; a total of 8 medal events. Qualification Qualification will be based on the World Taekwondo Federation world ranking list on 31 March 2015, with 112 places being awarded through that system, 14 in each event. In addition, 8 'Universality' places, 1 per event, will be allocated in the individual competition to ensure a spread of nations can compete, and hosts Azerbaijan will also be entitled to one fighter per event. National Olympic Committees, (NOCs) are restricted to a maximum of eight entries in total, and two entries in any single event. 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo events that count towards Olympic ranking and thus qualification are given a 'G' ranking from G-1 to G-10, with G-10 being the most valuable. Taekwondo at the European Games will have a G-4 ranking event status; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutalo Muhammad
Lutalo Muhammad (born 3 June 1991) is a British taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. He won the gold medal in the −87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. He is the most successful male in British taekwondo history. Early life Muhammad was born on 3 June 1991 in Walthamstow, London, England. He was coached by his father, Wayne Muhammad, in the art of taekwondo from the age of three. 2012 Summer Olympics Muhammad won the gold medal in the −87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. There is no −87 kg category in the Olympic Games; however, Muhammad was selected to be Britain's representative in the −80 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This decision was controversial as he was selected instead of Aaron Cook, who was the World No. 1 and European champion in the −80 kg class. The controv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Calvo (taekwondo)
Eva Calvo Gómez (born 29 July 1991) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 57 kg division. She was the European champion in 2014 and won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics. In 2015, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the Spanish National Taekwondo Federation. Calvo first trained in athletics and took up taekwondo in 2006, aged 15. Her younger sister Marta Calvo also competes internationally, but in the heavier 62 kg division. Calvo studies computer engineering and mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. References External links * 1991 births Living people Spanish female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Spain Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in taekwondo People from Leganés Sportspeople from the Community of Madrid Universiade medalists in taekwondo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Glasnović
Nikita Glasnović (born 17 January 1995) is a Swedish-born Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She represented Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 57 kg division, and lost a bronze medal match to Kimia Alizadeh. Nikita and her younger brother Leon train at the Toigye Taekwondo Club in Malmö, which is run by their father, Mario Glasnovic; she took up taekwondo aged four. She is named after the lead character in Luc Besson's movie '' La Femme Nikita'', and her brother received his name after the protagonist of '' Léon: The Professional''. In 2011, she was selected as Malmö Most Promising Female Athlete of the Year and in 2015 as the Malmö Female Athlete of the Year. She failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics by a one point at the 2015 Grand Prix final, where she finished fourth, yet she was invited to the Olympics after withdrawal of one of the competitors, Huang Yun-wen. She studied media and communications at Lund University in 2014–15, and rhetorics at Linnaeus Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Zaninović
Ana Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Lucija Zaninović. At the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, Zaninović won the silver medal in the women's flyweight class. Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's bantamweight class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju. Zaninović qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the bronze medal in the women's 57 kg class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku. She defeated Mayu Hamada in a match in which Zaninović suffered a broken fist in the third round but held on and won with the golden point in the fourth overtime round. At the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, she won the silver medal in the women's bantamweight class after losing to Hatice Kübra Yangın in the sudden death round. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the preliminar ... [...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] |
Lucija Zaninović
Lucija Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Ana Zaninović. Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg. Zaninović qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the silver medal in the women's 49 kg class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku. She withdrew in the final match against Olympic champion Wu Jingyu and was the only European to qualify through the Qualification Tournament. In 2012, she defended the European title in the women's flyweight class after defeating Kristina Kim at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she defeated Seulki Kang and Carola Malvina López before losing to Wu Jingyu in the semi-finals. She won the bronze medal after defeating Jannet Alegría in the sudden death round of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patimat Abakarova
Patimat Serajutdin Abakarova (born 23 October 1994) is a Dagestani-born Azerbaijani taekwondo athlete. She has been playing for the Azerbaijan national team since 2013. Patimat Abakarova won a bronze medal at the XXXI Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Patimat Abakarova at the European Championships; She was awarded a silver medal in 2016. Abakarova also won bronze medals at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in 2013 and the 1st European Games in 2015. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 49 kg and won bronze medal. Biography Patimat Abakarova was born on October 23, 1994, in Makhachkala. At the age of 9, she went to the karate section, and three months later she moved with her family and could not attend training. Nevertheless, near the new place of residence - in the 38th school of Makhachkala - taekwondo classes were held by coach Ismail Ismailov, under whose supervision Abakarova began to practice taekwondo. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tijana Bogdanović
Tijana Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Тијана Богдановић; born 5 May 1998) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner Milica Mandić as her idol. Career Bogdanović pursued her interest in taekwondo at the age of four, and started actively competing since 2004. She pursued her higher studies at the Singidunum University in the field of psychology. She represented Serbia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the women's 49kg event. She clinched a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed a silver after losing to England's Charlie Maddock in the women's 48kg event during the 2015 European Games. She was awarded the Best Young Athlete of Serbia in 2015. She won a gold medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, but failed to defend the title two years later in Kazan, claiming the bronze there. She made her Olympic debut at the age of 18 as a schoolgirl during the 2016 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Maddock
Charlie Maddock (born 15 November 1995) is an English taekwondo athlete. In May 2015, Maddock competed for Great Britain in the -49kg category at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. She reached the quarter-finals before being beaten 15-0 by Wu Jingyu. In June 2015, Maddock took part in the inaugural European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were ..., winning Great Britain's first taekwondo medal at those games winning a gold medal. In 2016, Maddock won her first global title, taking the World Grand Prix in London in the one-off final event. References External links * * 1995 births Living people English female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games gold meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ros Gomez
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedran Golec
Vedran Golec (born 30 June 1989 in Bjelovar, Croatia) is a Croatian taekwondo fighter. He won silver in the men's +87 kg division at the 2014 European Taekwondo Championships and bronze in the men's +80 kg division at the 2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic .... He is the most successful Croatian Taekwondo Fighter in category over 80 kg (11 times Croatian Champion). References 1989 births Croatian male taekwondo practitioners Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games bronze medalists for Croatia European Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Croatian people {{Croatia-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
