Vanessa Körndl

Vanessa Körndl

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 28)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	–67 kg, –73 kg
Club	Tiger and Dragon Altmannstein/Mindelstetten
Team	GER
Turned pro	2018
Coached by	Bernhard Bruckbauer
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing   Germany Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 73 kg World Military Championships 2024 Mungyeong 67 kg 2025 Warendorf 67 kg 2018 Rio de Janeiro 67 kg European Championships 2019 Dublin 67 kg World Juniors Championships 2014 Taipei 63 kg
Updated on 26 June 2025

Vanessa Körndl (born 23 June 1997) is a German taekwondo athlete. She is a two-time World Military Champion and silver medalist at the Military World Games.

Career

Vanessa Körndl participated in her first major international tournament for the German national team in 2014. That year, she won a silver medal at the world juniors championships in Taipei. ^{[1] [2]}

Körndl is a silver medalist in the women's under 67 kg category at the 2018 World Military Taekwondo Championships in Rio de Janeiro as well as in the under 73 kg category at the 2019 World Military Summer Games in Wuhan. ^[3]

She won a bronze medal in the under 67 kg category at the 2019 European Championships in the Olympic Weight Categories in Dublin, ^{[4] [5]} as well as at the 2021 Women's World Taekwondo Championships in Riyadh. ^[1]

In 2024, Körndl became military world champion in the 67 kg class in Mungyeong. ^[1] She defended this title in the year following in Warendorf. ^[6]

Personal life

Körndl is a Soldier-Athlete (German: Sportsoldat) and trains alongside fellow national team athlete Lorena Brandl. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
2. "DTU Kadertraining in Sonthofen – Vorbereitung und Nominierung für die 6. Militär-World-Games". Bundeswehr Sport-Magazin (in German). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
3. "Silber bei der Militär-Weltmeisterschaft". Donaukurier.de (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
4. https://www.martial.events/files/events/3/4/e/d/0/Results-G1-Olympic-30-NOV-2019.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
5. "European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories". Martial.Events. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
6. Schöne, Jörg (22 June 2025). "1. CISM World Military Martial Arts Championship in der Sportschule der Bundeswehr – Sportbegeisterte sind herzlich eingeladen | Spökenkieker - Ihr regionales Anzeigenmagazin" (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
8. https://olympics.com/de/news/lorena-brandl-vom-einradfahren-zur-weltspitze-im-taekwondo ^{[ bare URL ]}