Maddison Moore

Maddison Moore
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportTaekwondo
Event49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 49kg
Updated on 26 June 2023

Maddison Moore (born 10 April 1995) is a British martial arts practitioner. A former junior and senior Karate champion, she won bronze in Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games in the Women's 49 kg category.

Career

Karate

From Blakedown, near Kidderminster,[1] Moore began Karate aged seven and was coached by her father Bradley. She became a European and World junior Karate champion, winning the World Union Karate-do Federation World Champion in the 15-17 category in 2012 and then winning the European title in London the following year. After attending De Montfort University to study performing arts, she became the British University Champion and in 2015 won the world senior Kumite -55kg belt in Slovenia.[2]

Taekwondo

Moore joined the British Taekwondo programme in 2017. Moore won her first Taekwondo medal when she won silver at the Polish Open in 2018.[3] In May 2018 she represented Britain at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championships held in Kazan, Russia.[4] Moore won her first international title at the 2019 Austrian Open.[5] She would later win a European bronze medal in the 49kg event in Sarajevo, Bosnia in December 2020, which included a 32-30, golden point victory over 2016 European champion Iryna Romoldanova of Ukraine.[6][7] Moore competed for Britain at the 2023 European Games and won the bronze medal in the Women's 49 kg category, defeating Israel's Avishag Semberg 2-1 in the third-placed bout.[8]

References

  1. ^ "MOORE THE MERRIER AFTER BACK-TO-BACK GOLD MEDALS". GBTaekwondo. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Karate world champ Maddison pays tribute to DSU funding". Demontfortsu.com. 18 December 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Maddison Moore". gbtaekwondo. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Taekwondo: Britain's Jordyn Smith claims first senior bronze medal at European Championships". BBC Sport. May 10, 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Moore Please- Maddison set new gold target". GBTaekwondo. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Jade Jones retains European taekwondo title in Bosnia". BBC Sport. 10 December 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "TURKISH DELIGHT FOR JONES AS WORLD AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION RETURNS TO TITLE-WINNING WAYS". GBTaekwondo. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ^ "European Games 2023: Great Britain's Eden Cheng wins women's 10m platform gold". BBC Sport. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.