Steven Behn
 Steven Behn competing a side kick | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Germany |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event(s) | Recognized Poomsae; Freestyle Poomsae |
| Club | Taekwondo Team Fuhlsbüttel e. V. |
| Coached by | Matthias Behn |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals |  2018 Taipei |
| Regional finals |  2015 Belgrade |
Medal record | |
Steven Behn (born 12 October 1995) is a German taekwondo athlete, two time European freestyle poomsae champion and 2018 world bronze medalist.[1]
Career history[edit]
Steven Behn began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo at his father's sports club in Hamburg in 2002.[2]
In 2015, he took part in his first international senior competition, the European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade, where he became European champion in the freestyle competition with the mixed team (consisting of five team members, at least two men and two women).[3][4][5]
In 2016, Behn competed at the World Championships in Lima, where he placed sixth with the mixed team and in pairs (a two-person team consisting of one man and one woman).[6] In 2017, he took part in the FISU World University Games in Taipei, where he finished in seventh place in the men's team competition.[7] At the European Championships in Rhodes in the same year, he became European champion in the freestyle competition with the mixed team for a second time.[4][8]
At the 2018 World Championships in Taipei, Behn won a bronze medal in the freestyle competition together with the mixed team.[9] The following year, at the 2019 European Championships in Antalya, Behn won a bronze medal in pairs in the discipline of traditional poomsae. He also won a second bronze medal in the freestyle team competition at these European Championships.[10]
In 2019, Behn once again took part in the World University Games, which were held in Naples. There, as in 2017, he finished seventh in the men's team competition.[11] At the 2021 European Championships in Seixal, he won a bronze medal in the pairs' freestyle competition.[12]
Behn, as a member of the German taekwondo national team alongside fellow athlete Pia Hoffmann, took part in the 2022 World Championships in Goyang, where he finished fifth in the freestyle pairs competition.[13] In 2023, he became German champion in the men's individual freestyle competition for the first time. He also won his seventh German runner-up title overall in the individual's traditional poomsae competition.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Behn studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and the University of Hagen and works as a research assistant.[14] Since 2018, he has been appointed as the regional coach for poomsae at the Hamburg Taekwondo Association,[15] and since 2023 is a certified sports psychology expert for the area of competitive sport.[16]
Tournament record[edit]
| Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bulgaria Open |  Sofia
|
G-1 | Freestyle Individual | 7th |
| Bulgaria Open | Sofia
|
G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 9th | |
| 2023 | Croatia Open |  Zagreb |
G-1 | Freestyle Individual | 3rd |
| Croatia Open | Zagreb |
G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 9th | |
| Swedish Open |  Stockholm
|
G-1 | Freestyle Individual | 3rd | |
| Swedish Open | Stockholm |
G-1 | Poomsae Individual | 9th | |
| German Open |  Hamburg
|
- | Freestyle Individual | 1st | |
| German Open | Hamburg
|
- | Freestyle Pair | 1st | |
| Danish Open |  Skanderborg
|
- | Freestyle Individual | 1st | |
| German Championships | Bautzen
|
- | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| German Championships | Bautzen
|
- | Freestyle Individual | 1st | |
| 2022 | European Cup | Stockholm |
G-2 | Freestyle Pair | 1st |
| European Cup | Stockholm |
G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 5th | |
| Swedish Open | Stockholm |
G-2 | Freestyle Pair | 1st | |
| Swedish Open | Stockholm |
G-2 | Poomsae Individual | 17th | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg
|
- | Freestyle Individual | 2nd | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg
|
- | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg
|
- | Freestyle Pair | 1st | |
| Danish Open | Skanderborg
|
- | Poomsae Pair | 2nd | |
| World Championships |  Goyang
|
G-8 | Freestyle Pair | 5th | |
| German Championships | Gehrden
|
- | Poomsae Individual | 2nd | |
| German Championships | Gehrden
|
- | Freestyle Individual | 2nd | |
| German Championships | Gehrden
|
- | Poomsae Pair | 1st | |
| German Championships | Gehrden
|
- | Freestyle Pair | 1st | |
| 2021 | European Championships |  Seixal
|
G-4 | Freestyle Pair | 3rd |
| German Championships | online
|
- | Poomsae Individual | 1st | |
| German Championships | online
|
- | Poomsae Pair | 1st | |
| 2019 | FISU World University Games |  Napoli
|
G-2 | Poomsae Team | 7th |
| European Championships |  Antalya
|
G-4 | Poomsae, Pair | 3rd | |
| European Championships | Antalya
|
G-4 | Freestyle Team | 3rd | |
| 2018 | World Championships |  Taipei
|
G-8 | Freestyle Team | 3rd |
| 2017 | FISU World University Games | Taipei
|
G-2 | Poomsae Team | 7th |
| European Championships |  Rhodes
|
G-4 | Freestyle Team | 1st | |
| 2015 | European Championships |  Belgrade
|
G-4 | Freestyle Team | 1st |
References[edit]
- ^ "Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied". www.dtu.de. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Journalist, Bemærk: Artiklen er mere end 30 dage gammel Josefine Falkenberg. "Eva er verdensmester: "Andre unge drikker og fester - jeg har andre værdier"". TV 2 Kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ https://www.tpss.eu/PDF/898.pdf
- ^ a b c "Taekwondo Poomsae". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ redaktion (8 July 2015). "Jessica Rau ist Europameisterin im Taekwondo". lokalo.de (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] [Draw] 10th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/ze/engze_taekwondo-sport-and-nusf-entries-by-event-germany-.htm
- ^ "Taekwondo-Künstler kämpfen bei German Open um Titel - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Laura López (19 November 2018). "Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". MASTKD. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.tpss.eu/results/1547/Day%203%20-%20Pair-U-30.pdf
- ^ Schreiber, Tim. "„Das Olympiafeeling ist beeindruckend"". www.uni-hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "UCØ TEKNIKSAMLING MED MATHIAS OG STEVEN BEHN, TYSKLAND | Skanderborg Moo Sa Taekwondo Klub". mit.moosa.dk. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] [Results] Day 3_Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Champi." www.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "UKE - Wissenschaftlerprofil - Steven Behn". www.uke.de (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Referate - Taekwondo Union Hamburg". www.taekwondo-hamburg.de. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "ASP Datenbank: asp Expert:innenliste". www.edl.asp-sportpsychologie.de. Retrieved 25 February 2024.