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| Born | 27 October 1985 Tuapse, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Poddubskaia (born 27 October 1985) [1] is a Russian para taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [2] She competed at the Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi is an Ivorian taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the 67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she was defeated by Hwang Kyung-seon in the preliminary round and eliminated by Helena Fromm in the repechage contest. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, she defeated Farida Azizova to win the bronze medal. She was part of an Ivorian team that included Cheick Sallah Cissé who also won a medal and Mamina Koné. Gbagbi returned in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning another bronze.
Zahra Nemati is an Iranian Paralympic and Olympic archer. She originally competed in taekwondo before she was paralyzed in a car accident. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won two medals, an individual gold and team bronze. She has qualified to compete at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She was the flag bearer at the 2016 Olympics and the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo where she shared the honour with thrower Nourmohammad Arekhi.
Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Makuhari Messe; the same location where goalball, volleyball and wheelchair fencing took place. This was the first time that taekwondo was included in the Summer Paralympic Games.
Sim Jae-young is a South Korean taekwondo athlete. She is the double world champion of the finweight category as she won the championship in 2017 and 2019.
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Hanna Vitalyevna Prakatsen is a Belarusian-born rower. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Since 2023, she has represented Uzbekistan as Anna Prakaten. She competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics representing Uzbekistan.
Malia Maile Paseka is a Tongan Taekwondo athlete who made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She was an opening ceremony flag bearer alongside Pita Taufatofua.
Althéa Laurin is a French taekwondo athlete competing in the middleweight division. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, both in the women + 67 kg. She has been made Knight of the National Order of Merit.
Amy Truesdale is a British para taekwondo practitioner who won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Lisa Kjær Gjessing is a Danish parataekwondo practitioner. Gjessing is a Paralympic gold medalist, four-time world champion and three-time European champion.
Silvana Mayara Cardoso Fernandes is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner.
Palesha Goverdhan is a Nepali parataekwondo practitioner. In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 58 kg category. Three years later, Goverdhan competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal, becoming the first Nepalese athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Beth Munro is a British parataekwondo practitioner from Liverpool. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the –58 kg K44 category. She won a silver medal and it was the UK's first Taekwondo medal.
Khwansuda Phuangkitcha is a Thai Para Taekwondo practitioner.
Guljonoy Naimova is an Uzbekistani para taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's +58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Daniil Sidorov is a Russian para taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed at the Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Zainutdin Ataev is a Dagestani Russian para taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed at the Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Débora Bezerra de Menezes is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's +58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She came in fourth place in the women's +65 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
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