Sarah Stevenson

Sarah Stevenson, MBE ( born March 30, 1983 in Doncaster) is a British Taekwondo. It starts in the middle and heavyweight.

Stevenson began at the age of seven years at the club Doncaster All Stars Taekwondo. Your first achievements came early age of 15, in 1998 she became a Junior World Champion, a year later European Junior Champion. You could qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. There, she reached the semifinals, missed a medal in fourth but scarce. The following year, Stevenson finally won her first international medal she won at the 2001 World Championships in Jeju -si the gold medal. At the European Championships in 2002 in Samsun and 2004 in Lillehammer she could each win the silver medal. Stevenson qualified for their second Olympic Games in Athens, but lost their opening battle and retired. Successful ran in 2005. Stevenson won the European Championship in Riga and the World Championships in Madrid each title. She could defend the European title the following year successfully at the European Championships in Bonn.

Then Stevenson moved to the lighter weight category up to 67 kilograms. She qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. There she met in the quarterfinals of the local hero Chen Zhong and placed seconds before the end of the fight the decisive head hit that was only recognized after protest and study of video images. After a defeat in the semi-finals she won in the fight for the bronze medal and won the first British Olympic medal in taekwondo. In the following years, Stevenson won more gold medals she won at the European Championships 2010 in St. Petersburg and the 2011 World Championships in Gyeongju. Stevenson is one of the largest British medal hopes for the Olympic Games in London home. As a representative of the athletes she spoke the Olympic oath at the opening of the Games.

Stevenson's husband is also connected to the Taekwondo and is part of the coaching staff of the British national team.