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Lev Korneev

Lev Korneev
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born15 March 2005 (2005-03-15) (age 20)[1]
Mozdok, Russia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byDragan Jović
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 58 kg
European Championships OWC
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tallinn 58 kg
European U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bucharest 58 kg

Lev Korneev (Serbian Cyrillic: Лев Корнејев, romanized: Lev Kornejev, born 15 March 2005) is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships and competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[2]

Career

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Senior

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2023

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He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Taekwondo Championships OWC in Tallinn, in Men's -58 Olympic category. It was he's first European medal in career, and he losing out to Gashim Magomedov from Azerbaijan in Semifinal.

He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European U21 Taekwondo Championships in Bucharest.[3]

2024

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He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade in the Men's 58 kg category.[4] He entered the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria in March 2024.[5] He was subsequently selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[6][7] He began his Games with a win on 7 August 2024.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lev Korneev". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "KORNEEV Lev". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
  3. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 December 2023). "Twin sisters fight each other in the final, Spain and Türkiye won 5 gold medals in European Under 21 Championships". inside the games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (13 May 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Српска тројка се у Софији бори за Париз 2024". zurnal.rs. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Now it`s official! Lev Korneev and Stefan Takov will participate in the Olympic Games in Paris". tekvondoklubobeliks.rs. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (19 June 2024). "Serbia gets two more taekwondo quotas after reallocation". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Idemo na medalju: Lev Kornejev na ubedljiv način doneo Srbiji prvu pobedu". sportal.blic.rs. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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