Lev Korneev

Lev Korneev
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born15 March 2005 (2005-03-15) (age 20)[1]
Mozdok, Russia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byDragan Jović
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
2024 Belgrade 58 kg
European Championships OWC
2023 Tallinn 58 kg
European U21 Championships
2023 Bucharest 58 kg

Lev Korneev (Serbian Cyrillic: Лев Корнејев, romanizedLev Kornejev, born 15 March 2005) is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships and competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[2]

Career

Senior

2023

He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Taekwondo Championships OWC in Tallinn, in the men's -58 kg event. It was his career's first European medal. He lost out to Gashim Magomedov from Azerbaijan in the semifinal.

Korneev was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European U21 Taekwondo Championships in Bucharest.[3]

2024

He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade in the men's 58 kg category.[4] Korneev entered the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria in March 2024.[5] He was subsequently selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[6][7] He began his Games with a win on 7 August 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Lev Korneev". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "KORNEEV Lev". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
  3. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 December 2023). "Twin sisters fight each other in the final, Spain and Türkiye won 5 gold medals in European Under 21 Championships". inside the games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (13 May 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Српска тројка се у Софији бори за Париз 2024". zurnal.rs. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Now it`s official! Lev Korneev and Stefan Takov will participate in the Olympic Games in Paris". tekvondoklubobeliks.rs. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (19 June 2024). "Serbia gets two more taekwondo quotas after reallocation". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Idemo na medalju: Lev Kornejev na ubedljiv način doneo Srbiji prvu pobedu". sportal.blic.rs. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.