Levente Józsa

Levente Józsa
Personal information
Born4 October 2002 (2002-10-04) (age 22)[1]
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester (F) 68 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 68 kg

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]

References

  1. ^ "Levente Józsa". Taekwondodata. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Dajka, Balázs (15 April 2024). "Józsa Levente: Obviously, the popularity of a taekwondo player cannot be compared to that of a soccer player, although it would be good if people knew that we have world champions". 24.hu. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Józsa Levente signed until 2028!". tfse.sport.hu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "JÓZSA LEVENTE: I WANT TO WIN THE OLYMPICS". nemzetisport. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TAEKWONDO: JÓZSA LEVENTE WON A BRONZE MEDAL". nemzetisport.hu. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "MÁRTON VIVIANA AND JÓZSA LEVENTE WILL ALSO BE THERE AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS". Eurosport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ "TÉKVÁNDO: MÁRTON VIVIANA AND JÓZSA LEVENTE ALSO WON A QUOTA IN SOFIA". memzetisport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "THE TAEKWONDO PLAYERS ALSO TAKE THE STAGE". olimpia.hu. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.