Bettina Plank

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Bettina Plank karate
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 24th February 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Feldkirch ,  Austria
size 163 cm
Weight 50 kg
Career
society Karate-do catfish
status active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
European championships 1 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
European Games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships
bronze 2016 Linz Kumite up to 50 kg
bronze 2018 Madrid Kumite up to 50 kg
European championships
silver 2014 Tampere Kumite up to 50 kg
gold 2015 Istanbul Kumite up to 50 kg
bronze 2015 Istanbul team
bronze 2017 İzmit Kumite up to 50 kg
silver 2018 Novi Sad Kumite up to 50 kg
silver 2019 Guadalajara Kumite up to 50 kg
European Olympic Committee logo European Games
silver 2015 Baku Kumite up to 50 kg
gold 2019 Minsk Kumite up to 50 kg

Bettina Plank (born February 24, 1992 in Feldkirch , Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian Kumite - Karateka . At the World Championships in 2016 and 2018 she won the bronze medal in the weight class up to 50 kg, and in 2015 she became European champion in Istanbul .

biography

Bettina Plank started martial arts at the age of nine after completing a trial training session at the Götzis Karate Club . In 2003 she moved to Mäder , where she was trained by Dragan Leiler. From 2006 to 2011 she attended the sports grammar school in Dornbirn and was accepted into the national team at the age of 16. After graduating from high school , she became a competitive athlete in the armed forces and trained at the military sports center in Dornbirn until 2013. Since 2015 she has been preparing for her competitions in the Olympic Center Sportland Oberösterreich as well as with her Wels club and with the Olympic Center Vorarlberg.

In 2014 she finished seventh in the weight class up to 50 kg at the World Championships in Bremen . In addition, she won the silver medal at her first European participation in Tampere and was crowned national champion for the first time in Lauterach . In 2015 she won the European Championship in Istanbul and won the bronze medal with the Austrian team. In addition, she achieved top results in several international tournaments and was able to defend her state championship. At the home World Cup in Linz in 2016 , she won her first World Championship medal with bronze. In 2017 she won another bronze medal at the European Championships in İzmit and celebrated her fourth national championship title.

After further EM and World Cup medals, in 2019 she won the only Austrian gold medal at the European Games in Minsk . In the final she prevailed 5-1 against Serap Özçelik from Turkey .

successes

All competitions in the weight class up to 50 kg.

2019

2018

2017

  • 3rd place European Championship in İzmit
  • 1st place in the Premier League in Dubai
  • 1st place state championship in St. Pölten

2016

2015

  • 1st place European Championship in Istanbul
  • 1st place national championship in Wels
  • 1st place in the Golden Belt in Čačak
  • 1st place K1 PL in Almere
  • 2nd place European Games in Baku
  • 2nd place Premier League in Okinawa
  • 3rd place European Championship (team) in Istanbul
  • 3rd place Las Vegas Open
  • 3rd place Las Vegas Open (team)
  • 5th place K1 PL in Paris

2014

  • 7th place in the world championship in Bremen
  • 1st place K1 WC in Laško
  • 1st place national championship in Lauterach
  • 1st place national championship (team) in Lauterach
  • 2nd place European Championship in Tampere
  • 2nd place Student World Cup (team) in Bar
  • 3rd place K1 PL in Almere
  • 3rd place K1 PL in Hanau
  • 3rd place International Female Cup in La Coruña
  • 5th place Student World Cup in Bar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Own website. Bettina Plank, accessed on May 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Plank wins the only gold for Austria. ORF , June 30, 2019, accessed on June 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Plank, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian karateka
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch