Ruth Gbagbi

Ruth Gbagbi

Personal information

Nationality:

Ivory Coast

Birthday:

February 7, 1994

Place of birth:

Abidjan

Medals

Olympic games
bronze	Rio de Janeiro 2016	up to 67 kg
World championships
gold	Muju 2017	up to 62 kg
Africa Games
gold	Brazzaville 2015	up to 62 kg

Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi (born February 7, 1994 in Abidjan ) is an Ivorian Taekwondoin .

Gbagbi played her first international title fights at the 2010 Junior World Championship in Tijuana , where she reached the second round in the class up to 52 kilograms. She also started at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore , but retired in the class up to 55 kilograms against Jade Jones in the opening fight . At the 2012 African Olympic qualification tournament in Cairo , Gbagdi reached the final against Seham Sawalhy in the class up to 67 kilograms and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There she reached seventh place. Her Olympic participation in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro , where she won the bronze medal , was more successful . In 2017 she became world champion in Muju .

Web links

Ruth Gbagbi on the pages of TaekwondoData .com

personal data
SURNAME	Gbagbi, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gbagbi, Ruth Marie Christelle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ivorian Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH	Abidjan