Magda Wiet-Hénin (born 31 August 1995) is a French

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. T ...

athlete. She won the silver medal at the

2018 European Taekwondo Championships The 2018 European Taekwondo Championships, the 23rd edition of the European Taekwondo Championships, was held in Kazan, Russia at the Ak Bars Martial Arts Palace from 10 to 13 May 2018. Medal table Medal summary Men Women Participating n ...

. She has qualified to the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

through the

2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo Olympic Games took place in Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Euro ...

. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 67 kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

Personal life

Wiet-Hénin is the daughter of

Valérie Hénin Valérie Hénin French boxer, kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. She is a former ISKA World Kickboxing champion and the former WIBF Welterweight boxing champion. Boxing On Valerie Henin boxing debut she fought Mary Ann Almager in order to become ...

and

Orlando Wiet Orlando Wiet is a Surinamese-French former world champion kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. Career Kickboxing Orlando Wiet was training in Breda with Ramon Dekkers , Cor Hemmers. He also trained in Thailand for some periods. Orland ...

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* * * * * * French female taekwondo practitioners Living people 1995 births World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games gold medalists for France European Taekwondo Championships medalists Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Olympic taekwondo practitioners for France 21st-century French women French people of Surinamese descent Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for France European Games medalists in taekwondo {{France-taekwondo-bio-stub