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Eva Sandersen

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Eva Sandersen
Eva Sandersen at the 2022 World Championships in Goyang
Personal information
Born (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)
Sport
CountryDenmark
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Recognized Poomsae; Freestyle Poomsae
ClubGangnam Sportstaekwondo
Coached byBodo Von Münchow
Benjamin Harder
Ky-Tu Dang
Kim Drube
Achievements and titles
World finals1st place, gold medalist(s)
Regional finals1st place, gold medalist(s)
Highest world ranking1 (2022-2024)[1]
Medal record
Women's Taekwondo
Representing  Denmark
Senior
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Goyang Poomsae, f under 30
Silver medal – second place 2024 Hong Kong Poomsae, f under 30
Silver medal – second place 2024 Hong Kong Freestyle, f over 17
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Online Poomsae, f under 30
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Goyang Freestyle, f over 17
World Taekwondo Poomsae Open Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2021 Online Poomsae, f under 30
Gold medal – first place 2022 Online Poomsae, f under 30
Gold medal – first place 2023 Muju Poomsae, f under 30
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antalya Poomsae, f under 30
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antalya Freestyle, f over 17
Gold medal – first place 2021 Seixal Poomsae, f under 30
Gold medal – first place 2021 Seixal Freestyle, f over 17
Gold medal – first place 2023 Innsbruck Poomsae, f under 30
Gold medal – first place 2023 Innsbruck Freestyle, f over 17
World Beach Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rhodes Freestyle, f under 30
European Beach Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Antalya Freestyle, f over 17
Junior
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Lima Freestyle, f under 17
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes Poomsae, Team f
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taipei Poomsae, f under 17
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taipei Freestyle, f under 17
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Belgrade Poomsae, f under 15
Gold medal – first place 2015 Belgrade Freestyle, f under 17
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rhodes Poomsae, f under 17
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rhodes Freestyle, f under 17
Bronze medal – third place 2013 La Nucia Poomsae, f under 14
World Beach Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rhodes Freestyle, f under 17
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rhodes Poomsae, f under 17
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rhodes Poomsae, f under 17

Eva Eun-Kyung Sandersen (Korean: Eva 은경 Sandersen, born 12 February 2001) is a Danish taekwondo athlete, nine-time World Poomsae medalist and nine-time European Champion.[2][3]

Taekwondo career

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Eva Sandersen started practicing the Korean martial arts taekwondo in 2009 at the suggestion of her parents.[4]

Junior competitions

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Sandersen participated in her first major competition as a junior at the 2014 World Poomsae Championships in Aguascalientes, where she claimed the bronze medal with the female team in the traditional Poomsae competition. At the 2015 European Championships in Belgrade, she placed first in the individual Freestyle as well as the traditional Poomsae Competition.[5]

In 2016, she competed at the World Championships in Lima, where she won a silver medal in the junior's freestyle competition in the age group "under 17" (ages 15 to 17).[6] Additionally, she competed in the junior's Recognized Poomsae competition, where she placed fifth.[7] At this competition, Sandersen also competed alongside teammates Lærke Pedersen and Emma Kayerød-Rasmussenwon in the synchronous-team category, where the group received a fifth place as well.[8]

Sandersen won a gold medal in the junior's Recognized Poomsae competition (ages 15 to 17) at the 2017 Taekwondo European Championships.[9] At the same event, she also earned a second place in the junior's freestyle competition.

In 2018, Sandersen participated in the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, where she earned two bronze medals, one in the Recognized Poomsae competition and one in the Freestyle Poomsae competition for the age group from 15 to 17 years.[10] That same year, she won the gold medal in the Recognized Poomsae competition at the 2018 World Taekwondo Beach Championships.

Senior competitions

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Sandersen participated in her first senior competition in 2018, at the World Taekwondo Beach Championships in Rhodes, where she had also competed as a Junior in the Recognized Poomsae competition, and claimed the silver medal in the women's Freestyle Poomsae competition.[5][11]

2019, at the European Poomsae Championships in Antalya, she became double-European champion in the women's Recognized Poomsae and freestyle competition.[12] In February 2020, Sandersen ruptured an Achilles tendon during a training session and had to take a break from competing for six months.[13]

At the end of 2020, she won her first major senior medal on the international stage at the World Poomsae Championships, where she claimed one of the bronze medals of the single-elimination tournament. The competition was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

In 2021, Sandersen won two gold medals, in both the traditional poomsae category and the freestyle category of the women's senior competition (over 17 years of age) at the 15th European Poomsae Championships in Seixal.[15][16][17]

At the Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, she became the world champion in the women's Recognized Poomsae competition (ages 18 to 30), after beating Marjan Salahshouri in the finale.[2] Additionally, Sandersen won the bronze medal in the women's Freestyle Poomsae competition.[18][19]

Sandersen became European Champion for the third time at the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, beating Sweden's Alicia Brännback in the semi-final and Turkish athlete Seyda Nur Yavuz in the final of the Recognized Poomsae competition, with Austria's Anna Schneeberger taking the second bronze medal.[20][21] Additionally, she beat Germany's Leah Lawall in the finale and took first place in the women's freestyle competition for the third time.[22]

In 2024, she participated in the women's individual freestyle competition at the World Poomsae Championships in Hong Kong, where she placed second behind the defending freestyle world champion Ye Eun Cha from South Korea. She also claimed the silver medal in the women's Recognized Poomsae competition behind South Korean athlete Jooyeong Lee.[23]

Public appearances

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Sandersen participated in the fifth and final season of Danmark Har Talent in November 2019. She performed several programs consisting of taekwondo moves combined with stunt elements. Sandersen advanced into the finals but missed out on the Top 5, finishing in the 6th to 10th ranking.[24][25][26] In an interview with German athlete Steven Behn in 2023, she stated that she would like to see Poomsae competitions being included in the Olympic Games.[27]

Personal life

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Sandersen began studying for a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2021.[13]

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/ranking/ranking.html
  2. ^ a b "[World Taekwondo] [Results] Day 4_Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Champi." www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ jul 2022, Clock 30; Journalist, kl 08:55 Bemærk: Artiklen er mere end 30 dage gammel Josefine Falkenberg. "Eva er verdensmester: "Andre unge drikker og fester – jeg har andre værdier"". TV 2 Lorry (in Danish). Retrieved 21 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b https://poomsae.taekwondodata.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Denmark_Datei.pdf
  6. ^ "[World Taekwondo] [Results] Day3: 10th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships." www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. ^ 10th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
  8. ^ "Holte-pige slog til i taekwondo-VM". sn.dk – Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. ^ "13th ETU European Poomsae Championships 2017". taekwondo greece group (in Greek). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. ^ Rodríguez, Laura López (19 November 2018). "Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". masTKD.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Sandersen continues good form at World Taekwondo Beach Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ^ "The SC Platform". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b https://uniavisen.dk/en/world-champion-and-pharmacy-student/
  14. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (14 December 2020). "Ernesto Guzman regains Poomsae World title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Results 15th European Poomsae November 2021 -Seixal Portugal Day 2 – European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  16. ^ "European Poomsae Championship Day-2 Medalist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "[World Taekwondo] [Results] Day 3_Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Champi." www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  19. ^ Rodríguez, Laura López (26 April 2022). "Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". masTKD.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  20. ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TalkFile_Day-1-Medalstanding.pdf
  21. ^ "Upcoming events – Europe Taekwondo". Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  22. ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TalkFile_Day-2-Freestyle-Poomsae-Medalstanding.pdf.pdf
  23. ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  24. ^ "Glæd dig til Danmark Har Talent i morgen: Virum-kæmperen Eva er i finalen". sn.dk – Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Nyheder | Kolding Taekwondo Klub – Sil'la". www.silla.dk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Se alle 'Danmark har talent'-finalens højdepunkter her – TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk (in Danish). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  27. ^ ""Ich wünsche mir, dass Poomsae eine olympische Sportart wird"". www.dtu.de. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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