Adina Machwirth (born 2005) is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and 2022 world bronze medalist.
Career
Adina Machwirth began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo in 2010 after initially training in ballet for three years. Machwirth competed in her first major international competition at the 2019 European Poomsae Championships in Antalya. There, she became European champion in the discipline of traditional forms with the cadet team (three-person team, female) alongside teammates Ana Catalina Pohl and Jessica Schober. She also competed in the freestyle pairs competition and the pairs competition in traditional poomsae, but did not reach the podium in those categories.
In 2021, Machwirth took part in the European Poomsae Championships in Seixal, Portugal, finishing sixth in the junior women's freestyle competition and fifth in the freestyle pairs competition. She won the freestyle pairs category of the 2022 US Pan Am Series I alongside Julius Müller. At the 2022 World Championships in Goyang, Machwirth won a bronze medal in the junior's individual freestyle competition.
At cadet and junior level, Machwirth has been German champion four times, runner-up three times and bronze medallist four times. She has been competing at senior level since 2023. In 2023, she became German champion in the senior's individual Recognized Poomsae competition as well as vice champion in the women's freestyle competition, behind teammate Leah Lawall.
At the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, Machwirth competed alongside teammate Anna Siepmann in the women's individual competition. She won the first round against Camille La Cour from Denmark, but lost to Eva Sandersen in the round of 16, finishing ninth. Machwirth also finished sixth in the individual freestyle competition at these European Championships.
Tournament record + Year Event Location G-RankDiscipline Place2024 Croatia Open Zagreb G-1Poomsae Individual3rd Austrian Open Vienna G-1Freestyle Pair 1stDanish Open Skanderborg -Poomsae Individual 3rdLondon International Open London -Poomsae Individual 2nd London International Open London -Freestyle Pair 2ndBulgaria Open SofiaG-1Freestyle Individual 2nd2023European Championships InnsbruckG-4Poomsae Individual 9thEuropean Championships InnsbruckG-4Freestyle Individual 6thFrench Open ParisG-1Freestyle Individual 1stGerman Open Hamburg -Poomsae Individual 3rdGerman Open Hamburg -Freestyle Individual 3rdSwedish Open Stockholm G-1Poomsae Individual 3rdSwedish Open StockholmG-1Freestyle Individual 3rd2022World Championships GoyangG-8Freestyle Individual 3rd2021European Championships SeixalG-4 Freestyle Individual6th European Championships SeixalG-4 Freestyle Pair5th2019European Championships AntalyaG-4 Poomsae Team 1st European Championships AntalyaG-4Poomsae Pairn. a. European Championships Antalya G-4 Freestyle Pair n. a.
References
External links
Athlete profile at the German Taekwondo Union