Iordanis Konstantinidis (born 10 June 1998) is a German taekwondo athlete. He is the 2019 world bronze medallist in the 63 kg weight category.
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 1998 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TSV Dachau 1865 e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | GER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Demirhan Aydin, Reinhard Langer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 7 (2021, 2022)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 31 March 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Junior edit
Iordanis Konstantinidis began practicing taekwondo at the age of seven after discovering the sport through martial arts films.[2] He began training in Dachau alongside fellow national team member Ela Aydin and first represented the German national team in a continental competition at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Porto.[3]
In the years following, Konstantinidis took part in international G-ranked competitions as well as the 2014 World Juniors Taekwondo Championships and the 2015 European U21 Championships.
In 2015, he won his first major medal at the international stage, a bronze at the European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Daugavpils. In 2017, Konstantinidis won another bronze medal at the European U21 Championships in Sofia.[4]
Senior edit
Konstantinidis started competing at the senior level in 2017, when he participated in the World Championships in Muju. The following year, he won a silver medal at the 2018 Multi European Games in Plodiv.
At the 2019 World Championships in Manchester, he beat Dominican athlete Bernardo Pié 12 to 9 in the quarter-finals and lost to China's Zhao Shuai 8 to 10 in the semi-finals to win a bronze medal in the men's 63 kg competition.[5]
Konstantinidis took part in the 2021 and 2022 European Championships. In 2022, he won the gold medal at the Multi European Games held in Sofia. Konstantinidis participated in the 2023 World Championships in Baku, he won his latest international medal - a bronze - at the 2023 Albanian Open in Tirana.[6]
Personal life edit
Konstantinidis joined the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr (German: Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr) and has since been a Soldier-Athlete (German: Sportsoldat).[3]
References edit
- ^ http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/ranking/ranking.html
- ^ "Iordanis Konstantinidis - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Iordanis Konstantinidis". Der GOLDENE RING (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (19 May 2019). "Erste deutsche Medaille". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "The SC Platform". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 10 November 2023.