The ASV Zadra-fighting/rothoblaas team at the international tournament in Tyrol.

South Tyrol's Taekwondo athletes perform in Austria

At the International Kaiserwinkel Open, which recently took place in Kössen (Tyrol), the athletes from ASV Zadra-fighting/rothoblaas achieved several successes. A total of 400 participants from 11 nations took part.

June 26, 2024

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In the A class of black belts, Thomas Mittermair won the final in the U18 weight class -78 kg against Jacob Prossliner, who came second in this class. Markus Zadra (59) delivered an extremely exciting fight in the semi-finals of the A class of men +80 kg against the reigning Austrian heavyweight champion Saidi Sayed Isa (23). At times, Zadra was even in the lead and only narrowly missed out on winning the second round because of a single warning. He thus won the bronze medal.

Gabriele Cera came fifth in the men's A class -80 kg and Stefania Nicolini also came fifth in the women's A class -57 kg. In the coloured belts, David Dissertori won the day in the U-18 youth weight class -68 kg, while his club colleague Noah Battisti came second in the same class. Anna Datz delivered a great final fight in the U-18 youth weight class +68 kg, narrowly losing to a Swiss athlete and coming second.

Markus Zadra during his fight.

Greta Lang also won silver in the U-18 youth -55kg, Cristina Bobe in the women's +67kg, Robert Resch in the U-16 youth -45kg and Alex Fruet in the U-16 youth -37kg. Coaches with a license for this tournament for ASV Zadra-fighting/rothoblaas were Karin Negri, Alexander Zadra, Markus Zadra and Gabriele Cera.