Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. In most sports that use it, welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight.
Yunus Sarı is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the welterweight division. He is a member of Ulaştırmaspor, a club of the Ministry of Transport.Athlete is student of physical education and sports at Selçuk University in Konya. His two brothers Ali and Talha are also successful taekwondo practitioners.
Charmian Colette "Charmie" Sobers is a retired Dutch taekwondo practitioner of Curaçaoan descent. Sobers qualified for the Netherlands in the women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by finishing third and receiving a berth from the European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sobers outclassed Great Britain's Sarah Bainbridge in the preliminary round of sixteen before losing out the quarterfinal match to Philippines' Mary Antoinette Rivero with a default score of 4–10.
Patrick Stevens is a Dutch taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He yielded three medals in the 84-kg division at the European Championships between 2002 and 2005, and represented his nation Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Sarah Jane Bainbridge is an English taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. She won a gold medal in the 68-kg division at the 1999 European Junior Championships in Nicosia, Cyprus, retrieved a bronze at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea, and had been thereby selected to Team GB's four-person taekwondo squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Starting her career at age 16, Bainbridge trained full-time for Fleetwood Taekwondo Club in her native Fleetwood, under her personal coach, master, and father Alan Bainbridge.
Haiti competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1900.
Tatiana Alexeyevna Minina is a Russian taekwondo athlete. She won the silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the women's bantamweight category when she was beaten by Zeliha Ağrıs from Turkey.
Matea Jelić is a Croatian taekwondo athlete. She is the 2020 Olympic champion in 67 kg.
Hakan Reçber is a Turkish taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is an Olympic bronze medalist in the Men's 68 kg competition. He won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships and 2022 European Taekwondo Championships on the bantamweight (-63 kg) category.
Simone Prince Alessio is an Italian taekwondo athlete.
Carlos Adrian Sansores Acevedo is a Mexican taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships on the men's heavyweights and the silver medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.
Milena Titoneli Guimarães is a Brazilian taekwondo fighter. She won the gold medal in the women's 67 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancún, Mexico. She is also a two-time bronze medalist in this event at the World Taekwondo Championships.
Safia Salih is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event.
Althéa Laurin is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Nadica Božanić is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cecilia Castro Burgos is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Claudia Rayen Gallardo Llancaman is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.
The men's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 31 May 2023. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 80 kilograms in body mass.
Carl Alan Nickolas is an American taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal in the men's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.
The men's finweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 2 June 2023. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 54 kilograms in body mass.
