Yanna Schneider (born 18 April 1996) is a German
taekwondo athlete.
Career
Schneider started practising the
Korean martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...
taekwondo at the age of seven and has been part of the German national team since 2010.
In 2011, Schneider claimed a silver medal at the
European Junior Championships in
Paphos in the 59 kg weight class, and in 2012 she became world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg at the
World Junior Championships in
Sharm El Sheikh. In 2013, she won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships held in
Porto. She won another European bronze medal at the European U21 Championships in
Bucharest in 2015.
During her active career, Schneider has won 43 bronze medals, 22 silver medals and nine gold medals at
international tournaments. She has been German champion eight times, runner-up five and bronze medallist twice.
At the
2024 European Championships in
Belgrade
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, Schneider won the quarter-finals against
russian athlete
Polina Khan, lost to
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar (born 20 October 2005) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.
Career
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar became the world champion at the 2022 World Junior Taekwondo Championship organized by the World Taekwondo Federation (WT) in Sofia, th ...
from
Turkey in the semi-finals and thus won a bronze medal in the 73 kg competition.
Education
Schneider completed a
Bachelor's degree and subsequently a
Master's degree in
Business Psychology
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at the
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.
References
External links
Taekwondodata.com
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1996 births
Living people
German female taekwondo practitioners
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
21st-century German women