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Nationality | Kazakhstani |
Born | Kentau, Kazakhstan | 17 April 2002
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Sport | Shotokan |
Eduarda Denisovna Velk ( Russian: Эдуарда Денисовна Вельк; born 17 April 2002) is a Kazakhstani shotokan athlete. [1] She is a two-time world champion in shotokan, having won two gold medals at the World Shotokan Karate Championship in 2012 in Sydney. [1] [2]
Velk was born in Kentau in 2002. [2] Her family is originally of German origin, having emigrated to Kazakhstan in the 18th century. [1] She was named after one of her grandfathers. [3] Velk was introduced to shotokan at a young age by her other grandfather. [2] [3]
Velk earned her first gold medal at the age of seven and had by 2019 earnt 117 gold, 25 silver and eight bronze medals in different competitions and tournaments. [2] In 2017 she enrolled at the Novosibirsk College of Olympic Reserve in Novosibirsk, Russia. [2] She holds the shotokan titles of "Champion of Kazakhstan" and "Champion of Central Asia". [4] [3] She is a member of Kazakhstan's national shotokan team. [3]
In 2019, Velk was named as one of Kazakhstan's 100 New Faces, [1] [2] an initiative to highlight the stories of 100 successful and influential people in Kazakhstan since the country's independence in 1991, [5] with a focus on young people who had made special contributions to culture, medicine, business or society. [1]
Nationality Azerbaijanis.
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Nationality | Kazakhstani |
Born | Kentau, Kazakhstan | 17 April 2002
Sport | |
Sport | Shotokan |
Eduarda Denisovna Velk ( Russian: Эдуарда Денисовна Вельк; born 17 April 2002) is a Kazakhstani shotokan athlete. [1] She is a two-time world champion in shotokan, having won two gold medals at the World Shotokan Karate Championship in 2012 in Sydney. [1] [2]
Velk was born in Kentau in 2002. [2] Her family is originally of German origin, having emigrated to Kazakhstan in the 18th century. [1] She was named after one of her grandfathers. [3] Velk was introduced to shotokan at a young age by her other grandfather. [2] [3]
Velk earned her first gold medal at the age of seven and had by 2019 earnt 117 gold, 25 silver and eight bronze medals in different competitions and tournaments. [2] In 2017 she enrolled at the Novosibirsk College of Olympic Reserve in Novosibirsk, Russia. [2] She holds the shotokan titles of "Champion of Kazakhstan" and "Champion of Central Asia". [4] [3] She is a member of Kazakhstan's national shotokan team. [3]
In 2019, Velk was named as one of Kazakhstan's 100 New Faces, [1] [2] an initiative to highlight the stories of 100 successful and influential people in Kazakhstan since the country's independence in 1991, [5] with a focus on young people who had made special contributions to culture, medicine, business or society. [1]
Nationality Azerbaijanis.