Olga Erikovna Ivanova (russian: Ольга Эриковна Иванова; born 23 March 1993 in
Verkhneuralsk
Verkhneuralsk (russian: Верхнеура́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhneuralsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Ural River, southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative ...
) is a Russian
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 ...
practitioner.
Ivanova won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight (+73 kg) class at the
2013 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2013 World Taekwondo Championships was the 21st edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Puebla, Mexico from July 15 to July 21, 2013.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Team ranking
Men
Women
Part ...
, which was Russia's first gold medal at
WTF World Championships.
In September 2013, Ivanova rescued a woman from a minor dispute by kicking the attacking man in the stomach, knocking him down for enough time for the victim to walk away.
Удар по мужскому достоинству. В Челябинске чемпионка мира по тхэквондо вступилась на улице за женщину. Наблюдатели: «Это постановка!». ВИДЕО
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1993 births
Living people
Russian female taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in taekwondo
European Games bronze medalists for Russia
Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast
21st-century Russian women
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