Lauren Williams (taekwondo)

Lauren Williams (born 25 February 1999) is a British taekwondo athlete who represents Great Britain. Williams won her third consecutive European championship Gold medal in 2019 in Bari, Italy. She holds these titles in the -67 kg weight category. 2014/2016 Williams won the Junior World championships consecutively.[1][2][3] In December 2018, Williams won the Grand Slam Series held in Wuxi China. Williams has 2 Gold medals from the Grand Prix Series with multiple podium finishes.

Lauren Williams
Personal information
Nickname(s)Loz
NationalityWelsh
Born (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999
Blackwood, Wales, United Kingdom
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportTaekwondo
Event(s) –67 kg
ClubGB Olympic Academy
TeamGBR
Turned pro2013
Coached by Michael Harvey
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo67 kg
Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2018 Wuxi67 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2017 London67 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Manchester67 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Moscow67 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Sofia67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Rome67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester67 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Montreux67 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Kazan67 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Sofia 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester 67 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Taipei59 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Burnaby68 kg
Updated on 15 December 2022.

She qualified a Quota place for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games through Top 5 Ranking Automatic qualification, and won the silver medal in the -67 kg weight category, after losing the final to Matea Jelić.[4]

References
  1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. "Lauren Williams". GB Taekwondo. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. "Taekwondo: Blackwood's Lauren Williams storms to Grand Prix gold | Caerphilly.Observer". Caerphilly Observer. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. "Team GB's Lauren Williams wins taekwondo silver as Jelic takes gold". The Guardian. 26 July 2021.

Lauren Williams used to be a kick boxer but her occupation changed to a Taekwondo athlete as part of the GBR team

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