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| Birth name | רון אטיאס | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1995 Be'er Ya'akov, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Flyweight (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sharabi Martial Arts[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Adi Dadidov (head coach) and Yehiam Sharabi (coach)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ron Atias (רון אטיאס; born 19 April 1995) is an Israeli Olympic taekwondo athlete who represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
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European Taekwondo Championships Seniors 2016 Final male -58 kg.
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55kg Final - Bensaleh Sallahedine (BEL) - Atias Ron (ISR) (18th Europen Junior TKD Championships)
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Taekwondo Euros 2006 Male Feather Weight Final - Tom Hovav (Israel) v Dennis Bekkers (Netherlands)
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Taekwondo career
Atias, who started in the sport at the age of seven, trains in Ramla, Israel, which is his hometown.[4][5] His club is Sharabi Martial Arts.[2]
In 2008, he won a gold medal in the Youth Croatia Taekwondo Open in Zagreb.[3] In 2009, Atias won a gold medal at the Cadet European Taekwondo Championships, in 2010 a gold medal at the senior Austrian Open in Innsbruck, and in 2011 a silver medal at the Junior European Taekwondo Championships.[3] He was picked by the Olympic Committee of Israel as the best 2011 Israeli Young Athlete.[5]
Atias then won gold medals at the youth 2012 Austrian Open and the 2013 senior Austrian Open.[3] In 2014, as a senior, he won bronze medals in the Spanish Open, Israel Open, Serbia Open, and Croatia Open.[3] In 2015, Atias won bronze medals in the Greece Open and the Israel Open.[3]
In 2016, he won the gold medal in the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Istanbul, Turkey, over silver medalist Jesús Tortosa of Spain, who was world junior champion in 2014 in the under 51 kg division.[4] That year Atias also won a silver medal in the under-58 kilogram event at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, which was held in Montreux, Switzerland, losing in the finals to world No. 2 Rui Braganca of Portugal.[6]
Olympics
Atias represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 17 in taekwondo in the under-58 kilogram category.[7][8] Atias is the first-ever Israeli male taekwondo athlete to compete in the Olympics.[4] Former female Olympic taekwondo competitors for Israel were Maya Arusi (Athens, 2004) and Bat-El Gaterer (Beijing, 2008).[6]
References
- ^ a b "Ron ATIAS - Olympic - Israel". 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Israel Taekwondo Federation".
- ^ a b c d e f g "TaekwondoData".
- ^ a b c "Taekwondo athlete wins Rio Olympics berth". 17 January 2016.
- ^ a b "WTF Newsletter January Edition « koryotaekwondo.com.au".
- ^ a b "Atias takes taekwondo silver medal for Israel". 20 May 2016.
- ^ ספורט, Ynet (23 July 2016). "הכירו את רון אטיאס". Ynet.
- ^ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Ron Atias". 31 July 2016.
External links
- Ron Atias at TaekwondoData.com
- Ron Atias at Olympics.com
- Ron Atias at Olympedia
- Ron Atias at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Ron Atias Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine at Israel Taekwondo Federation
This page was last edited on 18 December 2023, at 11:24