Julius Müller (taekwondo)

Julius Müller (born 2005) is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and European silver medalist.

Julius Müller
Personal information
BornWiesbaden
Sport
CountryGermany
SportTaekwondo
EventFreestyle Poomsae
ClubBudo-Schule Wiesbaden
Coached byKai Müller
Achievements and titles
Regional finals2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Medal record
Men’s Taekwondo
Representing  Germany
Senior
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Innsbruck Freestyle, team
Junior
US Pan Am Series
Gold medal – first place 2022 Fort Worth Freestyle, pairs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Fort Worth Freestyle, m under 17

Career

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Julius Müller practises the Korean martial art of taekwondo at the Budo School Wiesbaden in Hesse.[1] He is a coach and head of the Freestyle regional base of the Hessian Taekwondo Union.[2]

In 2019, Müller took part in his first international tournament, the Turkish Open Poomsae in Istanbul, where he took second place in the junior freestyle pairs competition. In the same year, he competed in the freestyle pairs category at the European Poomsae Championships in Antalya.[3]

At the 2021 European Poomsae Championships in Seixal, he finished 7th in the junior freestyle competition and 5th in the freestyle pairs competition together with Adina Machwirth.[4] In 2022, he won the freestyle pairs division of the US Pan Am Series I as a team with Adina Machwirth, and also finished second in the individual freestyle competition.[5]

As part of the mixed team (consisting of five team members, at least two men and two women), Müller won the silver medal in the freestyle team competition at the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, alongside Pia Hoffmann, Ana Catalina Pohl, Leah Lawall and Jules Berger.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Unsere Trainer – Budo-Schule Wiesbaden" (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ^ https://www.dtu.de/fileadmin/Technik/EM2021/Day-2-result-european-poomsae-championships-2021.pdf
  5. ^ "2022 Pan Am Series". www.usatkd.org. Retrieved 31 October 2024.