Viviana Márton Kiss (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian

taekwondo 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 ad ...

athlete. She won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 67 kg in the

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Early life

The daughter of Zsolt and Barbara Márton, her father formerly did kickboxing in

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and her mother played

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. Her parents moved to the

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in the early 2000s. She was born in

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, and moved to

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in 2018.

Career

She trained at the Hankuk club in

and where she was coached by Finnish former Olympic Taekwondo practitioner

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(in Finnish)) is a Finnish

. In 2024, she transferred to

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, Hungary.

Junior

She won the

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, beating Greek Theopoula Sarvanaki in the final of the −63 kg division. She won gold at the Junior European Championships in taekwondo in

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in August 2023 defeating Croat Dora Meštrović in the final of the 63 kg division. She won the

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62 kg title in

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in November 2023, defeating her sister Luana in the final.

Senior

She qualified for the Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games – Women's 67 kg in

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. She reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's lightweight event in

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. She competed at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, and qualified for the

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in the Women's −67 kg division. On 9 August 2024 she won the gold medal at the Women's 67 kg weight category, also known as welterweight, after winning four fights and defeating the

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in the final by 2–0. She was a bronze medalist at the 2025 Belgian Open.

Personal life

She has a twin sister, Luana Márton, who also competes internationally in Taekwondo.

References

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