Lisa Gjessing

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Lisa Gjessing
Personal information
Full nameLisa Kjær Gjessing
NationalityDanish
Born (1978-07-04) 4 July 1978 (age 47)
Denmark
Sport
SportPara Taekwondo
DisabilityLower left arm amputee
Disability classF44
Medal record
Women's Para Taekwondo
Representing File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 65 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London -58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Samsun -58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow -58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lausanne -57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya -58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bari -58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Plovdiv -58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Warsaw -58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester -65 kg

Lisa Kjær Gjessing (born 4 July 1978)[1] is a Danish parataekwondo practitioner. Gjessing is a Paralympic gold medalist, four-time world champion and three-time European champion.

Career

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Gjessing represented the Danish team in able-bodied taekwondo at the 2001 and 2003 World Taekwondo Championships.[2] After having her left armed amputated in 2009, she then competed in para taekwondo, winning the world title in 2013, a feat she would repeat in 2014, 2015 and 2017.[2] At the 2019 World Championships, Gjessing broke her arm during the quarterfinals but nonetheless won the bronze medal.[2]

In 2021, Gjessing was ranked world number 1.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the –58 kg category, having qualified via World Ranking.[3] She was also one of the flag bearers for Denmark during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics.[4] Para taekwondo made its debut there, and Gjessing won the gold medal, beating Great Britain's Beth Munro 32-14 in the final.[5][6] She competed at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships, winning a bronze medal in the K44 wommen's -65 kg event.[7][8]

On 1 February 2024, Gjessing announced that she would retire from para taekwondo after the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[8][9] Competing in the 65 kg event, she had lost to Djelika Diallo in the quarterfinal. Heading to the repechage round, she defeated Munro and then defeated Marie Antoinette Dassi to win the bronze to end her career.[10][11]

Personal life

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Gjessing had her lower left arm amputated in 2012 due to chondrosarcoma.[2][12] She is married and has two daughters.[13]

References

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