Lorena Brandl

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Lorena Brandl
Lorena Brandl beim Grand Prix 2022 in Manchester.jpg
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 27)
Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) +67 kg, +73 kg
ClubTiger and Dragon Altmannstein/Mindelstetten
TeamGER
Turned pro2016
Coached byBernhard Bruckbauer
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking5 (2024) [1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Guadalajara +73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Belgrade +73 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Manchester +67 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Taiyuan +67 kg
European Under 21 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Bucharest+73 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Sofia+73 kg
Updated on 09 May 2024.

Lorena Brandl (born 15 May 1997) is a German taekwondo athlete. She is the 2024 European Champion and 2022 world bronze medallist in the women's +73 kg weight category.

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Career

Junior

Brandl started practising the Korean martial arts taekwondo in 2007 and participated in her first international competition in 2013. She competed for the German national team for the first time in 2014, the same year she took part in her first European Championships (U21). [2] In 2015, she finished first at the U21 European Championships in Bucharest, [3] and she won a bronze medal at the 2017 U21 European Championships in Sofia. [4]

Senior

Brandl competed in the World Championships in 2015 in Chelyabinsk, 2017 in Muju and 2019 in Manchester in the +73 kg weight category, where she remained without a medal each time. In 2016, she participated in the European Championships in Montreaux, 2018 in Kazan, 2021 in Sofia and 2022 in Manchester. In 2019, she was runner-up in the +67 kg weight class at the Extra European Championships in Bari. [4] [5] In 2021, she was a participant in the qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished third in the +67 kg weight class, but did not qualify to compete in the Olympic Games. At the 2021 Women's World Championships, Brandl won a bronze medal. [4]

Brandl won the gold medal in the +67 kg class at the 2022 Grand Prix in Manchester. She also won a bronze at the 2023 Grand Prix in Taiyuan. [6] [7] [8] In 2022, she participated in the World Championships in Guadalajara and won a bronze medal in the +73 kg weight class. [9]

Brandl competed at the 2023 World Championships in Baku, where she lost in the +73 kg weight class in the opening fight (round of 32) to Nika Klepac of Croatia. [10] In January 2024, due to her being in 8th place in the Olympic rankings, she qualified a quota place in the +67 kg weight class at the 2024 Olympic Games for Germany. [4]

At the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, Brandl became European Champion after beating Nafia Kuş from Turkey in the finale. [4] [11] On 14 May, the German Olympic Sports Confederation nominated Brandl to participate in the Summer Olympic Games in August 2024. [12]

Personal life

Brandl completed an apprenticeship as a warehouse logistics specialist. Afterwards, she joined the Bundeswehr's sports support group (German: Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr) in 2016 and has been a Soldier-Athlete (German: Sportsoldat) ever since. [2]

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