Arndt Mallepree
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo Jeet Kune Do | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Traditional Poomsae | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | An-Do Wattenscheid e.V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bernhard Thomys Dan Inosanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arndt Mallepree (born 1970 or 1971) is a German taekwondo athlete and two-time world champion in para poomsae.
Taekwondo career
[edit]Arndt Mallepree began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo in 1989 after first trying out judo and jujutsu. He has been training at the An-Do Wattenscheid e.V. sports club in Bochum since 1998.[1]
In 2013, Malleepree suffered eight strokes following an accident. After the subsequent hospitalisation and rehabilitation, he began taking part in taekwondo poomsae competitions.[2] Due to lingering trauma caused by the strokes, he competes in the P34 class, which comprises athletes with moderate physical impairments affecting one or both sides of the body.[3][4]
In 2023, Malleepree became world champion in the P34 competition for men aged 30 and over at the World Para Championships in Veracruz.[5][6] At the 2023 European Championships in Innsbruck, he also became European Champion in the P34 competition.[7][8] He is nominated to compete at the 2024 world championships to be held in November in Bahrain.[9]
Additionally to practising taekwondo and working as a coach at his club, Mallepree is an associated instructor in Jeet Kune Do und Kali, having studied directly under Daniel Arca Inosanto.[10] He participated at the 2024 World Para Poomsae Championships held in Bahrain, where he won the senior male P34 competition and therefore defended his title as world champion.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Mallepree is a police officer and chief of the Bochum police homicide squad.[12][13]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Polizist kämpft sich nach acht Schlaganfällen ins Leben zurück". www.wa.de (in German). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Para". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] Poomsae Result". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Bochumer Polizist überlebt 8 Schlaganfälle – jetzt trägt er eine Goldmedaille". www.ruhr24.de (in German). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TalkFile_Day-1-PARA-Result-Draw.pdf
- ^ "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Technik Weltmeisterschaft 2024". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Trainer". an-dos Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Bochum, Radio. "Frühstück mit Arndt Mallepree". Radio Bochum (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Ruhr, Radio Ennepe. "Grund für den Bochumer Hustadt-Mord geklärt". Radio Ennepe Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.