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.
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.
