Dylan Chellamootoo
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| Born | 22 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dylan Chellamootoo (born 22 January 1995) is a French taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the –63 kg event at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[1][2]
Career[edit]
In 2013, Chellamootoo competed in the men's flyweight at the World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla, Mexico. He was eliminated in his third match by Damián Villa of Mexico. A year later, he won one of the bronze medals in the −58 kg event at the 2014 European Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Chellamootoo represented France at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan in the men's 58 kg event without winning a medal. He was eliminated in his first match by Max Cater of Great Britain. The following year, he competed at the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Ron Atias of Israel. In 2018, he competed in the men's 68 kg event at the Mediterranean Games without winning a medal. He was eliminated from the competition in his second match, against Hakan Reçber of Turkey.
In 2019, Chellamootoo competed in the men's bantamweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom where he was eliminated in his first match by Korai Murakami of Japan.[3] At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the silver medal in the –63 kg event.[4]
Chellamootoo competed at the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Event | Location | Place |
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| 2014 | European Taekwondo Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd |
| 2019 | Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 2nd |
References[edit]
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 July 2019). "Heartbreak for hosts as Russia retain women's volleyball Universiade title". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Men's bantamweight" (PDF). 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo - Page 434" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
External links[edit]
- Dylan Chellamootoo at TaekwondoData.com
- Dylan Chellamootoo at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Living people
- 1995 births
- French male taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games competitors for France
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- 21st-century French people
- Military World Games silver medalists for France
- Military World Games medalists in taekwondo