Supharada Ateşli

Supharada Anya Ateşli
Supharada Ateşli at the European Games 2023
Personal information
Nickname
Anya
NationalityGerman
Born (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002
Alma materAnsbach University of Applied Sciences
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportTaekwondo
Event
 –49 kg
ClubTaekwondo Elite Nürnberg
Coached byMarco Scheiterbauer
Balazs Toth
Vassili Papakostas
Achievements and titles
World finals
Regional finals
Highest world ranking2 (2025)[1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Germany
Senior
World University Games
2025 Rhine-Ruhr 49 kg
2023 Chengdu 49 kg
2025 Rhine-Ruhr Mixed team
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 49 kg
European Championships
2024 Belgrade 49 kg
Junior
World Cadets Championships
2015 Muju 37 kg
European Under 21 Championships
2022 Tirana 49 kg
European Junior Championships
2019 Marina d´Or 49 kg
Updated on 04 March 2026

Supharada "Anya" Ateşli (born 27 February 2002, née Kisskalt) is a German taekwondo athlete.[2]

Career history

Junior

After winning several medals at open tournaments since 2014, Ateşli took part in the European Junior Championships for the first time in 2015. That same year, she won a bronze medal in the 37 kg weight category at the World Cadet's Championships in Muju.[3][4][5][6]

In 2016 and 2017, further participations at European championships followed.[7] In 2018, she competed at the qualifying tournament for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.[5] Ateşli won a bronze medal the European Championships in the 49 kg weight class.[8][9]

Senior

In 2022, Ateşli competed for the first time in the senior division at the European Championships in Manchester[10] and at the Grand Prix in Paris.[11] She also participated in the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.[12][13][14] Later that year, Ateşli won a silver medal at the European Under 21 Championships in Tirana.[15][16]

Ateşli participated in the 2023 World Championships in Baku, where she lost to Chaima Touimi from Tunisia in the opening round of the 53 kg category.[17] In June 2023, Ateşli won a bronze medal in the 49 kg weight category at the third European Games, held in Kraków.[18][19]

At the World University Games held in Chengdu in July and August 2023, she won a bronze medal in the women's 49 kg category, losing to Merve Dinçel in the semi final.[20]

At the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, Ateşli won the quarter-finals against the Serbian athlete Milica Milić, lost to Adriana Cerezo in the semi-finals and thus won a bronze medal in the 49 kg competition.[21][22] Ateşli reached 5th place in the women's 49 kg competition at the 2025 World Championships in Wuxi.[5]

Personal life

Anya Ateşli trains with the national team at their base in Langwasser. She graduated from high school in 2021 and has since been studying a management degree programme at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.[23]

References

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  2. ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Strong Finish For Team USA At Cadet Worlds". Team USA. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  4. ^ "South Korea seal overall men's title after claiming two more golds on final day of World Cadet Taekwondo Championships". insidethegames.biz. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Iran's Nejad Katesari Wins Gold at World Cadet Taekwondo Championships - Sports news - Tasnim News Agency". Tasnim News Agency. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  7. ^ Goebel, Stephanie (19 January 2018). "Ohne Nutella hat Owen zu wenig Kraft". Nordbayern (in German). Archived from the original on 19 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Taekwondo - G1 European Championships Olympic Weight Categories" (PDF). www.taekvondo.lv. 29 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  9. ^ "🎬 Der Traum von Olympia: Anya Kisskalt im Porträt". f1rstlife (in German). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  10. ^ Weber, Florian (12 May 2022). "Ukrainische Taekwondo-Kämpfer feilen in Nürnberg an EM-Form". BR24 (in German). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  11. ^ "European Taekwondo Championships - 2022 Senior Championships" (PDF). europeantaekwondounion.org. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships" (PDF). mastkd.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  13. ^ Gottschalk, Stefan (14 April 2022). "Taekwondo: Deutsche Meisterschaft Kadetten, Para & Masters – Münster, 09.04.2022". MEDIABEL - privater Weblog von Stefan Gottschalk (in German). Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  14. ^ 김, 창우 (17 August 2022). "영천시청 태권도단 강보라·미르 자매 '금빛 발차기'". Pressian (in Korean). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  15. ^ "European Taekwondo Union - D3 2022 European Championships Under 21". wt.uptkd.com. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  16. ^ Zu Gast bei einer Vize-Europameisterin: Taekwondo mit Anya Kisskalt (in German), retrieved 28 March 2023
  17. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Result_Day 7". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  18. ^ "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  19. ^ Pingel, Lars (25 August 2023). "Delmenhorster Ralf Hemken träumt nach European Games von Olympia | DKO". dk-online.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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  21. ^ "European Taekwondo Union - 2024 European Senior Championships" (PDF). europetaekwondo.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  22. ^ Taekwando-Talentschmiede in Nürnberg: Lorena Brandl auf der Jagd nach Gold in Paris (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via frankenfernsehen.tv.
  23. ^ "Anya Kisskalt". Der GOLDENE RING (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2024.