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 Tokyo Olympics: Bianca Walkden claims taekwondo bronze medal for second successive Olympic

Bianca Walkden joins swimmers Tom Dean and Duncan Scott and triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown as Team GB's medal winners on Tuesday. Great

 Britain's Bianca Walkden took bronze in the women's +67kg taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics with a 7-3 victory over Poland's Aleksandra Kowalczuk.

The Makuhari Messe Hall had already seen Britain claim two medals with Bradly Sinden and Lauren Williams both picking up silver, and Walkden added a third podium on the final day of taekwondo competition.

The 29-year-old from Liverpool had lost her semi-final against Korea's Dabin Lee earlier on Tuesday - a last-second head-shot giving her opponent a place in the final - but Walkden ensured she left Tokyo with the same medal she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

• BRIEF HISTORY

Bianca Walkden (born 29 September 1991) is She represented England at 2016 Olympic Games where she won a bronze medal. Walkden is a triple World champion, twice European champion, and twice World Grand Prix Final champion in her division. In 2017 she became the first practitioner ever to win all 4 Grand Prix events in her division in a single season.

In 2017, Walkden successfully defended her world title in Muju, South Korea during the 2017 Muju WTF World Taekwondo Championship, where She beat American Jackie Galloway 14-4 in the heavyweight division. 
In May 2019 at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, Walkden won the women's heavyweight title after Zheng Shuyin was disqualified after attaining a 20-10 lead. 
In September 2019 at Chiba, four months after winning the controversial gold medal in Manchester, Walkden was defeated 7-5 by Zheng Shuyin. In October 2019 at Sofia, Zheng Shuyin again defeated Walkden by 3-2.
In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's +73 kg event at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships that is held in Sofia, Bulgaria.