 National Taekwondo Athlete | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nisha Rawal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nepalese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1995 Lalitpur, Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Ravi Bist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nisha Rawal (born 11 September 1995) is a Nepalese taekwondo practitioner who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rawal was born on 11 September 1995 in Nepal. [1] She studies at Tribhuvan University of Nepal in Kathmandu. [2]
In January 2015 Rawal was selected as one of six Nepalese athletes to receive funding of $670 (£440/€560) a month from the Nepal Olympic Committee as part a Rio Olympic Scholarship programme. [3] Nisha was selected for 2016 Rio olympics 2016 . [4] Nisha faced a defeat at the first round of the olympics with the eventual gold medalist shyuin Zheng of China with the score of 2-0 [5] Rawal conceded a late point as she faced a 4-3 defeat at the hands of former world champion and 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal winner Epangue at the repechage round [6]
Rawal played taekwondo for a long time as an athlete in the Nepal Taekwondo Association. She won a gold medal at the 2014 Mt Everest International Open Taekwondo Championships, held in her home country. She defeated India's Priyanka 21–0 in the final of the women's below-76 kg weight division. [7] She was selected to represent Nepal at the 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, South Korea. In the women's heavyweight event she was defeated 11–4 in the quarterfinals by Wang Junnan of Macau. [1] [8] After this, Rawal Went on to win Asian cities Taekwondo Championship
She competed at the 2015 Summer Universiade games held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the round of 32 of the women's +73 kg event she was defeated 14–2 by Niu Lulu of China. [2]
In April 2016 she was named taekwondo player of the year by the Nepal National and International Players Association. [4] She traveled to Manila in the Philippines to take part in the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament but was beaten 9–0 in her first bout by Kirstie Elaine Alora of the Philippines. [1] [4]
In May 2016 Rawal was one of four athletes offered a wildcard by the Tripartite Commission to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics due to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [4] [9] She will represent Nepal in the women's over 67 kg event. [9]
Nisha Did her Level II International coaching license on 19 May 2023. [12] After doing her coaching exams she led the Nepal team to Baku 2023 World Taekwondo Championship as a coach. [13] She was also among 4 top coaches to coach at the First Power Taekwondo Championship where her athlete Ashmita khadka won Gold at -53 kg. [14]
Yaowapa Boorapolchai is a Thai taekwondo athlete who was the bronze medalist in the women's under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She graduated Bachelor of Arts historical major from Thammasat University.
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 26 August, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the first Brazilian Olympic medal ever in taekwondo.
Chen Zhong is a retired Chinese taekwondo competitor who represented her country at international level for more than 10 years, including three consecutive Summer Olympic Games. She won China's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended her title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but did not make it past the quarter-final round.
María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.
Carmen Marton is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. She is Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion.
Hedaya Malak Wahba is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the Olympic Games in London in 2012, won a bronze medal in Rio 2016, and another bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.
Su Li-wen is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. She won gold medals for the lightweight (63 kg) category at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.
Che Chew Chan is a Malaysian taekwondo practitioner. She is a three-time defending champion for the middleweight category and won a total of four gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, a silver medalist at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and a silver medalist at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Luoyang, China.
Elaine Teo Shueh Fhern is a Malaysian Taekwondo exponent. She is a holder of a 4th dan Taekwondo Black Belt from Korea and 5th dan Malaysia. She has represented Malaysia from 1999-2011 in various international tournaments. Her experience as a professional Taekwondo exponent has placed her on the pedestal of honour nationally and internationally. One of her most memorable experience was being the first Taekwondo exponent in Malaysia to qualify twice for the Olympic Games.
Sorn Seavmey is a Cambodian taekwondo practitioner and gold medalist in the women’s under-73 kg event at 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. She was also a 2013 SEA Games gold medalist in Myanmar and the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia. In 2014, she won Cambodia's first gold medal at the Asian Games since its participation in 1954. At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Seavmey defeated her first-round opponent from Uzbekistan 29-7, then defeated her Filipino opponent in the semi-final 6-5. In the final round, she defeated her opponent from Iran 7-4, becoming the first Cambodian to win an Asian Games medal. She is 183 cm and trains with her brother Sorn Elit and sister Sorn Davin, who also practice taekwondo.
Cristiana Corsi was an Italian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category. Considered one of Italy's top taekwondo players of her decade, Corsi obtained a total of nine medals in her sporting career, including a gold at the 2002 European Championships in Samsun, Turkey, and a silver in the 59-kg division at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea. Corsi was also selected to compete for the Italian taekwondo squad in two editions of the Olympic Games, where she obtained a fifth-place finish in the women's featherweight category (57 kg) on each edition. Throughout her sporting career, Corsi trained for Rome Taekwondo Centre in her native Rome under Korean-born head coach and master Park Young-Gil.
Sangina Baidya is a retired Nepalese taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's flyweight category. She won the Gold medal in the Flyweight−47 kg division at the 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Melbourne,Australia.She retrieved a bronze medal in the 51-kg division at the 2000 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, China, and attained a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Nepal. Before her sporting career ended in 2009, Baidya trained for Central Dojang Taekwondo Club in her native Kathmandu, under her personal coach Nastu Bahadur Bisural.
The women's +67 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 20 August, at the Carioca Arena 3.
Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi is an Iranian-born Bulgarian taekwondo athlete, representing Bulgaria. Alizadeh won a bronze medal in the taekwondo 57 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by defeating Swedish athlete Nikita Glasnović. This made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal at a Summer Olympics. She also won a gold medal in the women's 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. She beat London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 gold medallist Jade Jones at the 2015 World Championship to win a bronze medal. She also won a silver medal two years later at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.
Nepal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it failed to register any athletes in 1968.
Phupu Lhamu Khatri is a Nepali female judoka and Olympian. She won a gold medal for Nepal at the 2016 South Asian Games, and went on to bag the Female Player of the Year Award at the NSJF Pulsar Sports Award in the same year.
Mariska Halinda is an Indonesian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the SEA Games.
Kabiraj Negi Lama is a notable figure in Nepalese Para Taekwondo and a successful coach who has made significant contributions to the sport in Nepal. Under his coaching, Nepal has won 11 international official medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze. He is a former Nepalese Taekwondo player and the coach of the Nepal National Para Taekwondo Team for both the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics and Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics. He has participated in various taekwondo competitions. He is also the grandson of former minister Tilak Bahadur Negi Lama.
Palesha Goverdhan is a Nepali parataekwondo practitioner. In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 58 kg category. Three years later, Goverdhan competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal, becoming the first Nepalese athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Ashmita Khadka is a Nepalese Taekwondo player. She was born in Kathmandu. She has won a bronze medal at the 2019 South Asian Games 2019. Ashmita has represented Nepal at the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia. She has won numerous International tournaments including Malaysian Open G1 where she won a bronze medal. She has also won silver medal at the World University Championship held in Korea.
