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Wang Chin-yu is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in middleweight at the 1987 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Mandy de Jongh in the final. She won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Darwin, Australia. [1]
Kamilla Rytter Juhl is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well.
In Taiwan, some of the most popular sports include baseball, basketball, badminton, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as tai chi and taekwondo are also practiced by many people. International-known athletes include Jeremy Lin, Tai Tzu-ying, Kuo Hsing-chun, Yu Chang, Chien-Ming Wang, Lin Yun-ju, Yang Chuan-kwang, Chou Tien-chen, Hsieh Su-wei, and Yani Tseng among others.
Yu Yang is a retired Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion. Yu was part of the China winning team in four Sudirman Cup, three Uber Cup, two Asian Games, and in a Asia Team Championships.
Wang Yu is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Wu Jingyu is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.
Jade Louise Jones is a Welsh taekwondo athlete. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016, 2018 and 2021 European champion and both 2015 European Games and 2023 European Games champion at the same weight, the only double gold medalist at her weight in the history of those Games. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic gold medal. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg category, winning gold for Great Britain in 2010.
Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10. Ponnappa and Gutta also won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2011, becoming the first Indian pair and women and only the second overall to win a medal at the World Championships.
Jung Kyung-eun is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event.
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Korwa is an Indonesian former badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta, specializing in doubles event. She won the women's doubles gold medals at the 2011 SEA Games and at the 2014 Asian Games.
Nahid Kiani Chandeh is an Iranian taekwondo athlete. She is the first Iranian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics in the 2024 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo Women's 57 kg event, also she won the gold medal in the women's bantamweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
Kim Yu-jin is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Youn Hyun-jung is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Sin Kyung-hyen is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Huang Chiu-chin is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner.
Chin Yu-fang is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner.
Mónica Torres is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.
Wang Ying is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner.
Wang Su is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner.
Wang I-hsien is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner.
Kyriaki Kouttouki is a Cypriot taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's 46 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.
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