Bianca Walkden

Bianca Walkden
Personal information
Birth nameBianca Walkden
NicknameQueen B
Born (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33)
Liverpool, England
EducationFitness and Exercise Management
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTaekwondo
Weight classHeavyweight
College teamThe Manchester College
ClubLiverpool Elite Taekwondo
TeamGB Taekwondo
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze (2016),(2020)
World finals1st (2015), (2017), (2019)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo +67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Chelyabinsk +73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Muju +73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Manchester +73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku +73 kg
Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wuxi +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuxi +67 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2016 Baku (F) +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Moscow +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rabat +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 London +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abidjan (F) +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Manchester +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Manchester +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Taoyuan +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Fujairah (F) +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Chiba +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia +67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Riyadh (F) +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Suzhou +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rome +67 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku +73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montreux +73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sofia +73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Manchester +73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kazan +73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Saint Petersburg +73 kg
World Combat Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Beijing +67 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Izmir +68 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Baku +68 kg

Bianca Cook, also known as Bianca Walkden[1] (born 29 September 1991), is an English taekwondo athlete and Olympian. She is three-times a World champion, twice World Grand Prix champion, four-times a European champion and a double Olympic medallist.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Olympic champions and strong home squad to star at World Taekwondo Grand Prix". 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ Glean, Amelia (19 August 2016). "Who is Bianca Walkden's boyfriend? GB star and Aaron Cook go for gold | Olympics 2016 | Sport". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo WALKDEN Bianca". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.