Name Bianca Walkden Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.83 m Weight 70 kg | |
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Bianca walkden v katharina wiess final rounds 1 2
Bianca Walkden (born 29 September 1991) is a British taekwondo practitioner and a member of the GB Taekwondo Academy. She represented Great Britain at 2016 summer olympic games winning a bronze medal.
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- Bianca walkden v katharina wiess final rounds 1 2
- 60 seconds with charlie maddock and bianca walkden taekwondo
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In May 2015 she won the gold medal in the +73kg category at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Russia beating Gwladys Epangue in the final. She became only the second Briton to win a world title after Sarah Stevenson in 2001 and 2011, and the third to win a global title after Stevenson and Jade Jones' Olympic success in 2012.
In June 2017, Walkden successfully defended her world title in Muju, South Korea during the 2017 Muju WTF World Taekwondo Championship. She beat American Jackie Galloway 14-4 in the heavyweight division. She joins Jade Jones as the only British practitioners to defend a global title, and becoming the only Briton to successfully defend a World title in taekwondo.
60 seconds with charlie maddock and bianca walkden taekwondo
