Joël van der Weide (born 20 June 1999, sometimes spelled as Joel van der Weide) is a Dutch taekwondo athlete and reigning European Poomsae champion.
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| Born | 20 June 1999 Best, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recognized Poomsae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sportcentrum Tapia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mieke Tapia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taekwondo career
editJoël van der Weide started practicing the Korean martial arts taekwondo at age six and started competing internationally at nine years old. He had at first tried out kyorugi (full-contact fighting), but then switched to poomsae.[2][3]
He participated in his first major tournament in 2013, the European Poomsae Championships in La Nucia, where he won gold in traditional poomsae in the cadets' category.[4] At the European Championships in 2015 held in Belgrade, he became European Champion in the juniors' as well as the pairs' competitions, the latter alongside teammate Angel Crystal.[5][6]
At the 2017 European Championships in Rhodes, he claimed a bronze medal at the men's senior poomsae competition. In 2018, he placed second at the men's poomsae competition at the World Beach Championships, also held in Rhodes. In 2019 and 2021, van der Weide became European Champion in the men's traditional poomsae competition at the European Championships in Antalya and Seixal, respectively.[7][8][9]
In 2023 in Innsbruck, he won the European Championships in men's individual poomsae for the third time.[10] Additionally, he claimed a bronze medal in the pairs' traditional poomsae competition alongside his younger sister Dewi van der Weide.[11][12]
Personal life
editVan der Weide completed a Professional Education and Training program in Sport and Exercise at Summa College in Eindhoven and achieved a Bachelor of Arts through the Higher Professional Education program in Sports Science at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. He works as a taekwondo and self-defense instructor as well as a motivational speaker. He is also a poomsae coach at his taekwondo club.[13][14]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Taekwondo".
- ^ "Joël van der Weide joins Daedo team". MASTKD. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Jongste 4de Dan Taekwondo Joël van der Weide". www.kliknieuwsoss.nl (in Dutch). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ https://www.taekwondobond.nl/tbn/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/European-Poomsae-Championships-2013-Cadet-Male.pdf
- ^ "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "[wtu] 12th European Poomsae Championships 2015 Closing". wtu. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "European Poomsae Championship Day-2 Medalist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Al jaren de beste van Europa, nu gaat Joël ook voor goud met zijn zus". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TalkFile_Day-1-Medalstanding.pdf
- ^ Keulen, Marc van (4 December 2023). "EK Poomsae 2023 – Taekwondo Bond Nederland" (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "TAEKWONDO – Zwei Europameister gaben Seminar in Tulln". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "kader | Sportcentrum Tapia" (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2024.