Aaliyah Powell
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 25 October 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
Medal record | |
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]
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]
