Yanna Schneider

Yanna Schneider
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)
Bonn, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportTaekwondo
Event –73 kg
ClubTaekwondo Verein Swisttal e.V.
TeamGER
Coached byDimitrios Lautenschläger
Achievements and titles
World finals1st place, gold medalist(s)
Regional finals2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Highest world ranking5 (2022)[1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 73 kg
European Under 21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bucharest 73 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sharm El Sheikh 63 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paphos 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Porto 63 kg
Updated on 22 May 2024

Yanna Schneider (born 18 April 1996) is a German taekwondo athlete.

Career

Schneider started practising the Korean martial arts taekwondo at the age of seven and has been part of the German national team since 2010.[2]

In 2011, Schneider claimed a silver medal at the European Junior Championships in Paphos in the 59 kg weight class, and in 2012 she became world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg at the World Junior Championships in Sharm El Sheikh.[3] In 2013, she won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships held in Porto.[4] She won another European bronze medal at the European U21 Championships in Bucharest in 2015.[5]

During her active career, Schneider has won 43 bronze medals, 22 silver medals and nine gold medals at international tournaments. She has been German champion eight times, runner-up five and bronze medallist twice.[6][5]

At the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, Schneider won the quarter-finals against russian athlete Polina Khan, lost to Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar from Turkey in the semi-finals and thus won a bronze medal in the 73 kg competition.[7][8][9]

Education

Schneider completed a Bachelor's degree and subsequently a Master's degree in Business Psychology at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "World Taekwondo".
  2. ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ Bonn, General-Anzeiger (13 July 2012). "Empfang im Rathaus Hardtberg: So tickt die Jugend-Weltmeisterin". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (14 April 2014). "Taekwondo: Sportwerk-Asse fliegen zur EM". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ Anton, Dirk (26 March 2019). "Taekwondo: Yanna Schneider holt ihren ersten Deutschen Meistertitel der Senioren". Olympiastützpunkt NRW/Rheinland (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Olympia-Starterin Brandl holt Gold bei Taekwondo-EM". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Taekwondo-EM: Brandl holt sich Gold". SPORT1 (in German). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ Siebertz, Sebastian (10 May 2024). "Taekwondoka vom TKD Swisttal: Yanna Schneider gewinnt Bronze bei der EM". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ^ Burg, Sebastian (17 September 2021). "Was macht eigentlich Yanna?". Sportstiftung NRW (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ^ Kayser, Jannik (15 May 2024). ""Ein Studium parallel zum Leistungssport ist in jedem Fall möglich!"". Olympiastützpunkt NRW/Rheinland (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.