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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo Jeet Kune Do | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Traditional Poomsae | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | An-Do Wattenscheid e.V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bernhard Thomys Dan Inosanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arndt Mallepree (born 1970 or 1971) is a German taekwondo athlete and two-time world champion in para poomsae.
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. [1]
In 2013, Malleepree suffered eight strokes following an accident. After the subsequent hospitalisation and rehabilitation, he began taking part in taekwondo poomsae competitions. [2] 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. [3] [4]
In 2023, Malleepree became world champion in the P34 competition for men aged 30 and over at the World Para Championships in Veracruz. [5] [6] At the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, he also became European Champion in the P34 competition. [7] [8] He is nominated to compete at the 2024 world championships to be held in November in Bahrain. [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, where he won the senior male P34 competition and therefore defended his title as world champion. [11]
Mallepree is a police officer and chief of the Bochum police homicide squad. [12] [13]
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