Vanessa Körndl
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ a b c "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Silber bei der Militär-Weltmeisterschaft". Donaukurier.de (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.martial.events/files/events/3/4/e/d/0/Results-G1-Olympic-30-NOV-2019.pdf
- ^ "European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories". Martial.Events. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ https://olympics.com/de/news/lorena-brandl-vom-einradfahren-zur-weltspitze-im-taekwondo