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Taekwondo At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 Kg
The women's 49 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August, at the ExCeL London. Competition format The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00, UTC+1) Results On 13 July 2012, the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition. The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012. Main Bracket ;Legend *PTG — Won by Points Gap Repechage References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Tae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seulki Kang
Catherine Seulki Kang (born 25 September 1987) is a South Korean-born Central African Republic, Central African taekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg, Women's 49 kg event. On 8 August, she was defeated in the preliminary round against Lucija Zaninović of Croatia. Personal life Kang was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Jeonbuk province and resides at Busan in South Korea. She graduated from Gyeonggi Science High School and Woosuk University. Career While working as Taekwondo instructor in Belgium, Kang decided to switch nationality in 2010 to Central African Republic to try to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. In 2012, Kang become the first taekwondo athlete to win a medal while representing Central African Republic in an international event. She won the bronze medal in the FISU World University Championships, WU Taekwondo Championship 2012 which was held in her native count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The Summer Olympics Women's Flyweight
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In addition to its five tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit, the sport requires three physical skills: ''poomsae'' (, Form), ''kyorugi'' (, Sparring) and ''gyeokpa'' (, Breaking Technique). Poomsae are patterns that demonstrate a range of kicking, punching and blocking techniques, kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics, and gyeokpa is the art of breaking wooden boards. Taekwondo also sometimes involves the use of weapons such as swords and nunchucks (nunchaku). Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform known as a . Taekwondo is a combat sport which was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate and Chinese martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 8 August to 11 August at the ExCeL London. Competition was held in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women. Qualification The Taekwondo competition at the 2012 Games included 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, 16 in each of the eight weight divisions. Each competing nations were allowed to enter a maximum of four competitors, two of each gender. Each nation would therefore be eligible to compete in a maximum of half the weight categories. Four places were reserved for Great Britain as host nation, and a further four was invitational as decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places were allocated through a qualification process, in which athletes won quota places for their respective nation. If a nation which qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishes a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Shu-chun
Yang Shu-chun or Judy Yang (; born October 26, 1985, in Yingge, Taipei County, now New Taipei City) is a female Taiwanese taekwondo athlete. She won the women's flyweight (under 51 kg) gold medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships. In July 2011, Yang withdrew the appeal over her disqualification. In the 2012 London Olympics, Yang lost to Chanatip Sonkham of Thailand in the quarterfinals. After her suspension, in May 2011, Yang competed at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea, and won a silver medal in the –49 kg category losing to China's Wu Jingyu 6–2 in the final. At the 2010 Asian Games At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November 17, she was controversially disqualified near the end of the first round when she was leading 9-0 against her Vietnamese opponent Vu Thi Hau. "Unauthorized" electronic sensors were allegedly found in her socks before or during the match. Yang's equipment had passed the pre-ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Kim
Kristina Kim (born September 4, 1989 in Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., she competed in the Women's 49 kg competition, but was defeated in the first round. References Russian female taekwondo practitioners 1989 births Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Russia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Koryo-saram sportspeople Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia European Games competitors for Russia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannet Alegría
Jannet Alegría Peña (born August 30, 1987, in San Juan del Río, Mexico) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. In 2011, she participated at the 2011 Pan American Games where she won the bronze medal at the -49 kg category. Later in 2012 she qualified directly to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics, making her Olympic debut. , www.london2012.com, ret: July 26, 2012 She beat Raya Hatahet in her first match, before losing to Brigitte Yagüe in the quarter-final. In the repechage, she beat |
Raya Hatahet
Raya Hatahet (born 26 December 1989 in Amman) is a Jordanian taekwondo martial artist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed as an injury replacement in the Women's 49 kg competition, but was eliminated in the first round by Mexican Jannet Alegría Jannet Alegría Peña (born August 30, 1987, in San Juan del Río, Mexico) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. In 2011, she participated at the 2011 Pan American Games where she won the bronze medal at the -49 kg category. Later in 2012 sh ..., by a score of 12-1. References Jordanian female taekwondo practitioners 1989 births Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Jordan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Amman Asian Games competitors for Jordan 21st-century Jordanian sportswomen {{Jordan-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolena Carstens
Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996, in Winfield, Illinois, United States) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,. She used to live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois., but has since moved to Spain. In 2011, Carstens participated at the Pan American Championships, where she won the silver medal in the youth -52 kg category, losing to the American Deireanne Morales in the final. She subsequently took part in qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in November 2011, finishing fourth. She later received one of four wild card entries for the Olympics as the 13th ranked athlete in the -49 kg category, becoming the first Olympic taekwondo athlete from Panama, and the second youngest Olympian in the country's history. She was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Olympics. She lost her first contest 7–2 to an eventual finalist, Spaniard Brigitte Yagüe, and then lost her re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaa Atabrour
Sanaa Atabrour (born February 28, 1989, in Khouribga) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. Sanaa won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju. Sanaa qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal in the women's 49 kg class at the WTF African Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games held in Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L .... She beat Catherine Kang 4–0 in the final. In 2012 she competed in the Women's 49 kg competition, but was defeated in the first round. References External links * * * 1989 births Moroccan female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Morocco Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carola Malvina López
Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol. People named Carola include: Acting *Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress *Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress *Carola Lotti (1910–1990), Italian actress *Carola Neher (Karola Neher), German actress *Carola Reyna, Argentine actress and director * Carola Toelle (1893–1958), German actress Music * Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian pianist and piano teacher * Carola Häggkvist, also known as just Carola, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest * Carola Smit, Dutch singer * Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish jazz and pop singer Politics * Carola Reimann (born 1967), German politician * Carola Schouten, Dutch politician Others * Carola Dunn, British-American writer * Carola Pavlik, Dutch contemporary artist * Carola Rackete, German ship captain and sea rescuer * Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun * Carola Unterberger-Probs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
