Lorena Brandl

Brandl started practising the Korean martial arts taekwondo in 2007 and participated in her first international competition in 2013. She competed for the German national team for the first time in 2014, the same year she took part in her first European Championships (U21).[1] In 2015, she finished first at the U21 European Championships in Bucharest,[2] and she won a bronze medal at the 2017 U21 European Championships in Sofia.[3]

Brandl competed in the World Championships in 2015 in Chelyabinsk, 2017 in Muju and 2019 in Manchester in the +73 kg weight category, where she remained without a medal each time. In 2016, she participated in the European Championships in Montreaux, 2018 in Kazan, 2021 in Sofia and 2022 in Manchester. In 2019, she was runner-up in the +67 kg weight class at the Extra European Championships in Bari.[3][4] In 2021, she was a participant in the qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished third in the +67 kg weight class, but did not qualify to compete in the Olympic Games. At the 2021 Women's World Championships, Brandl won a bronze medal.[3]

Brandl won the gold medal in the +67 kg class at the 2022 Grand Prix in Manchester. She also won a bronze at the 2023 Grand Prix in Taiyuan.[5][6][7] In 2022, she participated in the World Championships in Guadalajara and won a bronze medal in the +73 kg weight class.[8]

Brandl competed at the 2023 World Championships in Baku, where she lost in the +73 kg weight class in the opening fight (round of 32) to Nika Klepac of Croatia.[9]