Viviana Márton Kiss (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian taekwondo athelete. She won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 67 kg in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
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| Nationality | Hungarian, Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 2006[1] Tenerife, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hankuk International School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Suvi Mikkonen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editThe daughter of Zsolt and Barbara Márton, her father formerly did kickboxing in Budapest and her mother played handball. Her parents moved to the Canary Islands in the early 2000s. She was born in Tenerife, and moved to Madrid in 2018.[2]
Career
editShe trained at the Hankuk club in Madrid and where she was coached by Finnish former Olympic Taekwondo practitioner Suvi Mikkonen.[2][3] In 2024, she transferred to Újpesti TE in Budapest, Hungary.[4]
Junior
editShe won the 2021 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Sarajevo, beating Greek Theopoula Sarvanaki in the final of the −63 kg division.[5][6]
She won gold at the Junior European Championships in taekwondo in Tallinn in August 2023 defeating Croat Dora Meštrović in the final of the 63kg division.[7]
She won the 2023 European U21 Taekwondo Championships 62kg title in Bucharest in November 2023, defeating her sister Luana in the final.[8]
Senior
editShe qualified for the Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games – Women's 67 kg in Kraków.[9]
She reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's lightweight event in Baku.
She competed at the at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in the Women's −67 kg division.[10][11][12]
On 9 August 2024 she won the gold medal at the Women's 67 kg weight category, also known as welterweight, after winning four fights and defeating the serbian Aleksandra Perišić in the final by 2–0.
Personal life
editShe has a twin sister, Luana Márton, who also competes internationally in Taekwondo.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Viviana Márton". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Aghassi, Attila (19 June 2023). "A Hungarian high school student from Madrid, Márton Luána, who conquered the world". Telex.hu. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Olympians and World Champions from Hankuk International School visit World Taekwondo Headquarters". worldtaekwondo.org. 7 August 2023.
- ^ "MÁRTON VIVIANA AND JÓZSA LEVENTE WILL ALSO BE THERE AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS". Eurosport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "TAE KWON DOEuropean W/N: Sarvanaki is runner-up in Europe!". Sportsfeed.gr. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Ασημένιο μετάλλιο για την Θένια Σαρβανάκη στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Ταεκβοντό Νεανίδων". Newsit.gr (in Greek). 13 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.}
- ^ "Gold, silver and two bronze medals at the Junior European Championships in taekwondo". prigorski.hr. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 December 2023). "Twin sisters fight each other in the final, Spain and Türkiye won 5 gold medals in European Under 21 Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "The qualifiers at the 2023 European Games". Europetaekwondo. 8 April 2023.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 March 2024). "Paris 2024 European qualifiers: Taekwondo world champion Golubic wins quota". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Viviana Marton Kiss, from the Hankuk Club of San Sebastián de los Reyes, secures her place in the Paris 2024 Games". Sansedeporte.es. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Beitia, Xabier (11 March 2024). "Viviana Marton, from Hankuk de Sanse, qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". cadenaser.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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