Aaliyah Powell
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2002-10-25) 25 October 2002
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Manchester 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 62 kg
Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2023 Wuxi (Q)67 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2023 Paris57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Manchester (F)57 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska62 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hammamet 46 kg

Aaliyah Powell (born 25 October 2002 in Huddersfield) is a British taekwondo practitioner.[1][2] Powell fought initially in the bantamweight competitions before moving up to lightweight. She has won World Championship bronze medals in both weight classes.[3]

Career

Powell began practising the martial arts taekwondo at age nine, after having competed in dance tournaments as a child.[1]

She won a bronze medal in the women's senior 53 kg competition at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Tatiana Kudashova in the semifinal.[4][5] Three years later, she won another bronze at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, this time in the 62 weight class competition.[6][7]

In 2023, she again won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku.[8] The same year, she won two bronze medals at Grand Prix competitions held in Paris and Manchester, respectively,[9] as well as one bronze at the Grand Slam Qualifier, held in Wuxi.[3]

Personal life

Powell has passed her GCSEs.[1] Since 2023, she is sponsored by Nike and is exploring careers in fashion and modelling.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aaliyah Powell". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ https://olympics.com/de/athleten/aaliyah-powell
  3. 1 2 "Powell, Aaliyah". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/aaliyah-powell-versus-jade-jones-as-yorkshire-athlete-bids-for-taekwondo-gp-glory-and-paris-2024-spot-4431050
  5. ↑ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/aaliyah-powell-interview-huddersfields-world-championship-taekwondo-star-faces-battle-with-jade-jones-for-team-gb-olympic-spot-3931975
  6. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "World Taekwondo Championships: Aaliyah Powell takes bronze in Baku". BBC Sport. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final: Aaliyah Powell beats Jade Jones on way to bronze". Yahoo News. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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