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DAY 4 OVERVIEW AND FINAL MEDAL STANDING

The 25th European Taekwondo Championships Manchester 2022 closed with Turkey being awarded the best overall Olympic Taekwondo and Paralympic Taekwondo Team. Best female team, best male team

The team had another successful evening winning three further Gold medals – Bozteke retaining his European Championship title in the Para Male K44-63kg, Ilgun improving on her Silver from Sofia 2021 with a win in the OLY Female -57kgand Atesli in the Male +87kg. Of his success he said: “It was my first senior European Championships Gold medal. It must last, I will get more I’m sure. I’m so happy, it was an amazing moment for me.”

Further Olympic Taekwondo Team trophies were awarded to Spain in 2nd place, with France coming third.

GB Taekwondo were awarded Silver in the female paralympic team awards, this followed the Bronze medal secured Kiera Forsythe in the Para Female K44-52kg, her first major competition podium position. The team also took Bronze on the overall Paralympic Taekwondo team behind Mexico in second place.

The results of the finals:

Para Female K44-52kg

1ST – GARCIA QUIJANO (MEX)

2ND  – CAVDAR (TUR)

3RD – FORSYTHE (GBR)

3RD – CHACHIBIA (GEO)

Para Male K44-63kg

1ST – BOZTEKE (TUR)

2ND – BOSSOLO (ITA)

3RD – MEGRELISHVILI (GEO)

3RD – HAMIDOV (AZE)

OLY Female -57kg

1ST – ILGUN (TUR)

2ND  – ADAMKIEWICZ (POL)

3RD – AL HALWANI (ITA)

3RD – JONES (GBR)

OLY Female -62kg

1ST – MAGDALENO (ESP)

2ND – STOLBOVA (CZE)

3RD – CHAARI (BEL)

3RD – ALIZADEH (RTA)

OLY Male -74kg

1ST – TAKOV (SRB)

2ND – HUSIC (BIH)

3RD – YILDIZ (TUR)

3RD – ACHAB (BEL)

OLY Male +87kg

1ST – ATESLI (TUR)

2ND – GARCIA MARTINEZ (ESP)

3Rd – BOZIC (CRO)

3RD – ISEAV (AZE)

MAGDALENO (ESP) “It was very very impressive. My opponent was very very hard and to compete with, so I’m very happy to win. I think I’ve never been calm you know, more excited and I tried hard to keep my excitement under control.”

-ENDS-

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