Jolanta Tarvida
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| Nationality | Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 8, 2000 Bauska, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Rīgas Tālmācības vidusskola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jolanta Tarvida (born 8 February 2000, in Bauska) is a Latvian taekwondo athlete. Her older sister, Inese Tarvida, is also a taekwondo practitioner.[1]
Career
Tarvida started practicing taekwondo in 2006. She won the silver medal in the under 44 kg category at the 2014 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Baku.[2] In 2017, she won a bronze medal at the European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Larnaca, Cyprus.[3] The same year, at the 2017 European Taekwondo Championships – Olympic weights (G-1 class), she claimed bronze, sharing the podium with her sister Inese, who took silver.[4] Tarvida then won silver in the under 57 kg category at the 2018 European U21 Taekwondo Championships in Warsaw, and a year later became the U21 European champion in Helsingborg in the same category.[5][6] At the 2023 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade, she secured the bronze medal in the up to 67 kg weight class.[7]
References
- ^ "Fighter sisters: Inese and Jolanta Tarvida even sacrifice Christmas with family for sport". jauns.lv. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Taekwondo athlete Tarvida wins silver at World Cadet Championships". lsm.lv. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Jolanta Tarvida wins European Junior bronze". lsm.lv. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Tarvida sisters win silver and bronze at European Taekwondo Championships". lsm.lv. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Jolanta Tarvida wins U21 European silver". lsm.lv. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Jolanta Tarvida becomes U21 European champion". lsm.lv. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Jolanta Tarvida wins European Games bronze". sportacentrs.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.