Ela Aydin

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Ela Aydin
Ela Aydin DTU.jpg
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)
Munich, Germany
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Taekwondo
Event –49 kg
ClubTSV Dachau 1865 e.V.
Turned pro2018
Coached byDemirhan Aydin
Achievements and titles
Regional finalsBronze medal icon.svg
Highest world ranking5 (2022) [1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Paris 49 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Sofia 49 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Manchester 53 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Wuhan 49 kg
European U21 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Sofia 53 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Bukarest 41 kg
Updated on 30 March 2024

Ela Aydin (born 12 January 1999) is a German taekwondo athlete. Her greatest achievements are a bronze medal at the 2022 Grand Prix in Paris and two bronze medals at European Championships.

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Career

Junior

Ela Aydin began practicing taekwondo at the age of five and participated in her first competition at age six. When she was 14, she was selected to represent the German national team at her first U15 European Championship in Bucharest in 2013, where she won a bronze medal. [2]

In the years following, Aydin took part in several competitions such as the taekwondo Youth World Championships and several European Championships. In 2016, she tore a cruciate ligament in her knee and due to undergoing surgery had to take a break from competing. [3] [4]

Senior

In 2017, Aydin won a silver medal at the U21 European Championships in Sofia. In 2018, she participated in the European Championships in Kazan but lost in the prelims against the eventual European Champion Kristina Tomić from Croatia. She also competed in the Grand Prix series of 2018. [5]

The following year, Aydin won a bronze medal at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan and a silver medal at the Extra European Championships in Bari. In both competitions, she participated in the Olympic weight class of 49 kilograms. She also competed in the 2019 World Championships in Manchester, where she finished in ninth place, as well as the 2019 European U21 Championships and two Grand Prix competitions.

In early 2021, Aydin won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Sofia. [5] A few months later, she narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics Games, losing to Israeli fighter Avishag Semberg in the semifinals of the tournament. Qualifying for the final would have meant being allowed to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In September 2022, Ela Aydin won a bronze medal at the Paris Grand Prix - she is the first woman of the German national team to have won a medal at a Grand Prix competition. [6] [7] [2] She also won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in Manchester. [5] She took part in the 2023 World Championships in Baku. She won her opening match but lost to Dunya Abutaleb from Saudi Arabia in her second match (round of 16). [8]

In March 2024, Aydin participated in the European qualification tournament for the Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won the round of 16 against Zemfira Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) 2:0, but lost to Ilenia Matonti from Italy in the quarter-finals. [9] [10] She therefore did not qualify a quota place for the 49 kg weight category at the Olympic Games, as this would have required her to reach the final. [11] [12] [13] In April 2024, Aydin underwent another cruciate ligament and meniscus surgery. [3]

Personal life

In 2017, Aydin graduated from school with a General Certificate of Secondary Education. In the same year, she joined the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr (German: Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr) and completed her basic training by the start of 2018. She has been a Soldier-Athlete (German: Sportsoldat) ever since. [14]

Competitive history

Year [5] EventLocationG-RankPlace
2024Slovenia Open Flag of Slovenia.svg Ljubljana G-13rd
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Ochsenhausen -1st
2023Croatia Open Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb G-13rd
Polish Open Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw G-13rd
Tallinn Open Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn G-11st
European Clubs Championships Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-11st
US Open Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas G-23rd
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Nuremberg -2nd
2022Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven G-11st
Grand Prix Flag of France.svg Paris G-63rd
European Clubs Championships Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn G-22nd
European Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-43rd
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg La Nucia G-23rd
Turkish Open Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-21st
Fujairah Open Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Fujairah G-21st
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Weißenburg -1st
2021French Open Flag of France.svg Paris G-13rd
Montenegro Open Flag of Montenegro.svg Podgorica G-13rd
Albania Open Flag of Albania.svg Tirana G-13rd
WT Presidents Cup - Europe Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul G-12nd
Tallinn Open Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn G-11st
Beirut Open Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut G-22nd
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Alicante G-13rd
European Championships Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-43rd
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Dortmund -1st
2020Sofia Open Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-13rd
German Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg G-22nd
Helsingborg Open Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborg G-13rd
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Lünen -1st
2019 Extra European Championships Flag of Italy.svg Bari G-42nd
Military World Games Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan G-23rd
Austrian Open Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck G-13rd
WT Presidents Cup - Africa Flag of Morocco.svg Agadir G-13rd
Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nijmegen G-13rd
US Open Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas G-13rd
Slovenia Open Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor G-11st
German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Nuremberg -2nd
2018Luxembourg Open Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg G-13rd
Multi European Games Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plodiv G-11st
Austrian Open Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck G-11st
2017Croatia Open Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb G-42nd
Serbia Open Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade G-13rd
Riga Open Flag of Latvia.svg Riga G-12nd
Polish Open Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw G-11st
Austrian Open Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck G-12nd
European Championships (U21) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-42nd
2014German Championships Flag of Germany.svg Gummersbach -2nd
2013European Championships (cadets) Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest G-43rd

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  1. ↑ http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/ranking/ranking.html
  2. 1 2 "Aydin gewinnt Bronze beim Grand Prix in Paris". sport.de (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". dtu.de. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ela Aydin: "Eine stärkere und erfolgreichere Ela als davor." | Menschen". athlet.one. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Taekwondo | Olympia-Qualifikation | Damen 49kg & 57kg & Herren 58kg | World Grand Prix | Paris". International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 27 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "[World Taekwondo] Result_Day 3". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ↑ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EQT-Olympic-P11-Competition-Draw-Sheet-with-results-DAY-1-1.pdf
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240309223540/https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EQT-Olympic-P11-Competition-Draw-Sheet-with-results-DAY-1-1.pdf
  11. ↑ "[World Taekwondo] Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualification System". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. ↑ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EQT-Olympic-P11-Competition-Draw-Sheet-DAY-1-09-MAR-2024.pdf
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240309124927/https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EQT-Olympic-P11-Competition-Draw-Sheet-DAY-1-09-MAR-2024.pdf
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