| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 April 1978 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
Döndü Güvenç (born 6 April 1978) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the semifinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics's Women's 49 kg category and won a total of two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in international events.
During the 1996 Balkan Championships, Güvenç secured a bronze medal. Two years later, she won the silver medal in 1998 European Taekwondo Championships's women's flyweight event and another bronze in Taekwondo World Cup. [1] [2] After securing the second position at the 1999 Taekwondo qualifiers for the 2000 Summer Olympics to be held in Sydney, Güvenç went on to represent Turkey in Olympic's Women's 49 kg event and finished in the fifth position. She advanced till the semifinals, where she lost to Cuba's Urbia Melendez and in the repêchage round Chi Shu-ju of Taiwan defeated her. [3] [4] She obtained another silver at the Taekwondo World Cup organised in the same year. [1]
Güvenç won gold medals in 51 kg category at the 2002 European Championship and 2003 German Open. [5] She has been coached by Fahrettin Yildiz. [6]
Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the first Brazilian Olympic medal ever in taekwondo.
Jade Louise Jones is a Welsh taekwondo athlete. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016, 2018 and 2021 European champion and both 2015 European Games and 2023 European Games champion at the same weight, the only two-time gold medalist at her weight in the history of those Games. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic gold medal. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg category, winning gold for Great Britain in 2010.
Serbia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent country. The Olympic Committee of Serbia confirmed a roster of 103 athletes, 58 men and 45 women, to compete across 14 sports at the Games.
Croatia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Croatian Olympic Committee confirmed a roster of 87 athletes, 68 men and 19 women, to compete across 18 sports at the Games.
Juana Wangsa Putri is an Indonesian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's flyweight category. She claimed a silver medal in the 51 kg category at the 2002 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Amman, Jordan, earned bronze medals at two consecutive Asian Games, and represented Indonesia in two editions of the Olympic Games.
Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit is a Thai taekwondo athlete. She is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.
Nafia Kuş is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu is a Turkish world-champion freestyle wrestler. She is a member of Yalova Çiftlikköy Belediyesi S.K. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships and 2024 European Wrestling Championships.
Tijana Bogdanović is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner Milica Mandić as her idol.
Zeliha Ağrıs is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner who became a world champion in the bantamweight category in 2017.
Hatice Kübra İlgün is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She has won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the featherweight division.
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.
Svetlana Osipova is a Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete and a member of the Uzbekistan national team. In 2017, she won a silver medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. In 2018 and 2023, she earned bronze medals at the Summer Asian Games. In 2019, she secured a gold medal at the World Military Games. In 2022, she won a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Championship, and in 2023, she claimed a silver medal.
Nour Abdelsalam is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She is a gold medalist in the women's 49 kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games, the African Games and several editions of the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Elena Quirici is a Swiss karateka. She is a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships and a six-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Karate Championships.
Kyriaki Kouttouki is a Cypriot taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's 46 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.
Rebecca McGowan is a British taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time medalist in the women's +73 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships. She is also a two-time medalist, including gold, in this event at the European Taekwondo Championships.
Maddison Moore is a British martial arts practitioner. A former junior and senior Karate champion, she won bronze in Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games in the Women's 49 kg category.
Merve Dinçel, also known as Merve Kavurat, is a Turkish taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
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