Arndt Mallepree

Arndt Mallepree

Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Taekwondo Jeet Kune Do
Event	Traditional Poomsae
Club	An-Do Wattenscheid e.V.
Coached by	Bernhard Thomys Dan Inosanto
Achievements and titles
World finals
Regional finals
Highest world ranking	1 (2025) [1]
Medal record Men's Taekwondo Representing   Germany World Championships 2023 Veracruz Poomsae, P34 2024 Manama Poomsae, P34 European Championships 2023 Innsbruck Poomsae, P34 2025 Tallinn Poomsae, P34

Arndt Mallepree (born 1970 or 1971) is a German taekwondo athlete and two-time world champion as well as two-time European champion in para poomsae.

Taekwondo career

Arndt Mallepree began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo in 1989 after first trying out judo and jujutsu. He has been training at the An-Do Wattenscheid e.V. sports club in Bochum since 1998. ^[2]

In 2013, Malleepree suffered eight strokes following an accident. After the subsequent hospitalisation and rehabilitation, he began taking part in taekwondo poomsae competitions. ^[3] Due to lingering trauma caused by the strokes, he competes in the P34 class, which comprises athletes with moderate physical impairments affecting one or both sides of the body. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2023, Malleepree became world champion in the P34 competition for men aged 30 and over at the World Para Championships in Veracruz. ^{[6] [7]} At the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, he also became European Champion in the P34 competition. ^{[8] [9]}

Additionally to practising taekwondo and working as a coach at his club, Mallepree is an associated instructor in Jeet Kune Do und Kali, having studied directly under Daniel Arca Inosanto. ^[10] He participated at the 2024 World Para Poomsae Championships held in Bahrain, ^[11] where he won the senior male P34 competition and therefore defended his title as world champion. ^[12] At the 2025 European Para Poomsae Championships, he also became European Champion for a second time. ^[13]

Personal life

Mallepree is a police officer and chief of the Bochum police homicide squad. ^{[14] [15]}

External links

• Athlete profile at the German Taekwondo Union

References

1. "World Taekwondo ATHLETES". www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
2. "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. "Polizist kämpft sich nach acht Schlaganfällen ins Leben zurück". www.wa.de (in German). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
4. "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
5. "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Para". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
6. "[World Taekwondo] Poomsae Result". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
7. "Bochumer Polizist überlebt 8 Schlaganfälle – jetzt trägt er eine Goldmedaille". www.ruhr24.de (in German). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2024.
9. "Taekwondo Poomsae" . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
10. "Trainer". an-dos Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
11. "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Technik Weltmeisterschaft 2024". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
12. "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
13. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2025.
14. Bochum, Radio. "Frühstück mit Arndt Mallepree". Radio Bochum (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
15. Ruhr, Radio Ennepe. "Grund für den Bochumer Hustadt-Mord geklärt". Radio Ennepe Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.