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Nationality | British |
Born | (2002-10-25) 25 October 2002 (age 22) |
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Sport | Taekwondo |
Medal record |
Aaliyah Powell (born 25 October 2002 in Huddersfield) is a British taekwondo practitioner. Powell fought initially in the bantamweight competitions before moving up to lightweight. She has won World Championship bronze medals in both weight classes.
Career
Powell began practising the martial arts taekwondo at age nine, after having competed in dance tournaments as a child.
She won a bronze medal in the women's senior 53 kg competition at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Tatiana Kudashova in the semifinal. Three years later, she won another bronze at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, this time in the 62 weight class competition.
In 2023, she again won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku. The same year, she won two bronze medals at Grand Prix competitions held in Paris and Manchester, respectively, as well as one bronze at the Grand Slam Qualifier, held in Wuxi.
Personal life
Powell has passed her GCSEs. Since 2023, she is sponsored by Nike and is exploring careers in fashion and modelling.
References
- ^ "Aaliyah Powell". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- https://olympics.com/de/athleten/aaliyah-powell
- ^ "Powell, Aaliyah". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/aaliyah-powell-versus-jade-jones-as-yorkshire-athlete-bids-for-taekwondo-gp-glory-and-paris-2024-spot-4431050
- https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/aaliyah-powell-interview-huddersfields-world-championship-taekwondo-star-faces-battle-with-jade-jones-for-team-gb-olympic-spot-3931975
- Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- "World Taekwondo Championships: Aaliyah Powell takes bronze in Baku". BBC Sport. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final: Aaliyah Powell beats Jade Jones on way to bronze". Yahoo News. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
External links
- Aaliyah Powell profile at World Taekwondo
- Aaliyah Powell ranking at World Taekwondo
- Aaliyah Powell at TaekwondoData.com
- Aaliyah Powell at Olympics.com
- Aaliyah Powell at Olympedia
- 2002 births
- Living people
- British female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- 21st-century British women
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in taekwondo
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists