Steven Behn

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Steven Behn
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Steven Behn competing a side kick
Personal information
Born (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)
Alma mater University of Hamburg
University of Hagen
Occupation Scientist
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Recognized Poomsae; Freestyle Poomsae
ClubTaekwondo Team Fuhlsbüttel e. V.
Coached byMatthias Behn
Achievements and titles
World finalsBronze medal icon.svg
Regional finalsGold medal icon.svg
Highest world ranking30 (2025) [1]
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgTaipei 2018Freestyle, team over 17
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgBelgrade 2015Freestyle, team over 18
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRhodes 2017Freestyle, team over 12
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgAntalya 2019Poomsae, pair under 30
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgAntalya 2019Freestyle, team over 12
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgSeixal 2021Freestyle, pair over 17
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Tallinn Freestyle, team over 12
European Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 StockholmFreestyle, pair over 17

Steven Behn (born 12 October 1995) is a German taekwondo athlete, six-time European poomsae medalist, two-time European freestyle champion and 2018 world bronze medalist. [2]

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Career history

Steven Behn began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo at his father's sports club in Hamburg in 2002. [3]

In 2015, he took part in his first international senior competition, the European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade, where he became European champion in the freestyle competition with the mixed team (consisting of five team members, at least two men and two women). [4] [5] [6]

In 2016, Behn competed at the World Championships in Lima, where he placed sixth with the mixed team and in pairs (a two-person team consisting of one man and one woman). [7] In 2017, he took part in the FISU World University Games in Taipei, where he finished in seventh place in the men's team competition. [8] At the European Championships in Rhodes in the same year, he became European champion in the freestyle competition with the mixed team for a second time. [5] [9]

At the 2018 World Championships in Taipei, Behn won a bronze medal in the freestyle competition together with the mixed team. [10] The following year, at the 2019 European Championships in Antalya, Behn won a bronze medal in pairs in the discipline of traditional poomsae. He also won a second bronze medal in the freestyle team competition at these European Championships. [11]

In 2019, Behn once again took part in the World University Games, which were held in Naples. There, as in 2017, he finished seventh in the men's team competition. [12] At the 2021 European Championships in Seixal, he won a bronze medal in the pairs' freestyle competition. [13]

Behn took part in the 2022 World Championships in Goyang, where he finished fifth in the freestyle pairs competition. [14] In 2023, he became German champion in the men's individual freestyle competition for the first time. He also won his seventh German runner-up title overall in the individual's traditional poomsae competition. [5] In 2024, he competed at the World Poomsae Championships in Hong Kong in the semifinals of the men's individual freestyle competition, where he narrowly missed moving on to the eight-person final. [15]

At the 2025 European Championships held in Tallinn, Steven Behn won a bronze medal with the German freestyle team. [16]

Personal life & career

Behn studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and the University of Hagen and works as a research assistant. [17] Since 2018, he has been appointed as the regional coach for poomsae at the Hamburg Taekwondo Association, [18] and since 2023 is a certified sports psychology expert for the area of competitive sport. [19]

At the 2025 World University Games, Steven Behn was nominated as national coach for poomsae, which at this competition was performed in combination with freestyle. During this tournament, he supervised athletes Leah Lawall, Adina Machwirth and Anna Siepmann, who as the women's team won a bronze medal in this discipline for Germany for the first time. [20]

Tournament record

YearEventLocationG-RankDisciplinePlace
2025 European Championships Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn G-4Freestyle Team3rd
Belgian Open Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lommel G-1Freestyle Team1st
2024 World Championships Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong G-8Freestyle IndividualPAR
Belgian Open Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lommel G-2Freestyle Individual3rd
Austrian Open Flag of Austria.svg Vienna G-1Freestyle Individual2nd
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Poomsae Individual3rd
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Freestyle Individual2nd
London International Open Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London -Freestyle Individual3rd
2023Croatia Open Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb G-1Freestyle Individual3rd
Swedish Open Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm G-1Freestyle Individual3rd
German Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg -Freestyle Individual1st
German Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg -Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Freestyle Individual1st
2022European Cup Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm G-2Freestyle Pair1st
Swedish Open Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm G-2Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Freestyle Individual2nd
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Poomsae Individual2nd
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Skanderborg -Poomsae Pair2nd
World Championships Flag of South Korea.svg Goyang G-8Freestyle Pair5th
2021European Championships Flag of Portugal (official).svg Seixal G-4Freestyle Pair3rd
2019 FISU World University Games Flag of Italy.svg Napoli G-2Poomsae Team7th
European Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-4Poomsae, Pair3rd
European Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-4Freestyle Team3rd
2018World Championships Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Taipei G-8Freestyle Team3rd
2017 FISU World University Games Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Taipei G-2Poomsae Team7th
European Championships Flag of Greece.svg Rhodes G-4Freestyle Team1st
2015European Championships Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade G-4Freestyle Team1st

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  16. https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/European-Poomsae-Championships-Freestyle-Results-Day-1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  17. "UKE - Wissenschaftlerprofil - Steven Behn". www.uke.de (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  18. "Referate - Taekwondo Union Hamburg". www.taekwondo-hamburg.de. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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  20. Hochschulsportverband, adh-Allgemeiner Deutscher. "Kompletter Medaillensatz zum Auftakt für Team Studi". www.adh.de (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2025.