Hungarian taekwondo practitioner (born 2002)
Levente Józsa
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| Born | 4 October 2002 (2002-10-04) (age 22)[1] |
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| Sport | Taekwondo |
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Levente Józsa (born 4 October 2002) is a Hungarian taekwondo practitioner. He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Career
A left footed taekwondo, he started in the sport when he was six years-old. He is coached by Bence Galambos.
He had a breakthrough during the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix season; He won the silver medal at the Grand Prix in Rome to became the first Hungarian male taekwondo to win a medal in a GP competition. Later in 2023, he went one better and won the Grand Prix Manchester.[2][3][4]
He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in the 68kg division in Belgrade.[5]
He succeeded in qualifying for the Olympic Games at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria[6][7]
He was subsequently officially selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8]
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