Hanne Poulsen

Hanne Poulsen
Personal information
NationalityDanish
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1 (2000)
World finals2 (1997, 1999)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Women's taekwondo
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Eindhoven -51 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Patras -51 kg

Hanne Høegh Poulsen (born 25 January[1] or 25 February[2] 1981) is a Danish taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 1998 European Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Championships.[1] She placed 4th in flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she was defeated by eventual gold medalist Lauren Burns in the semifinal, and was defeated by Chi Shu-ju in the bronze final.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Poulsen, Hanne". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hanne Høegh Poulsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2019.