Noah Bitsch
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| Born | 29 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Noah Bitsch (born 29 September 1989) is a German karateka. He has won medals at both the World Karate Championships and European Karate Championships with his best individual result being bronze at the 2014 World Karate Championships and silver at the 2015 European Karate Championships. He has also won medals in the men's team kumite event at several editions of both competitions. In 2013, he also won the silver medal in his event at the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia.
He represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 75 kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals.[1]
Career
[edit]He won two medals at the 2012 European Karate Championships in Adeje, Spain: the gold medal in the men's team kumite event and one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75 kg event.[2] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event at both the 2013 European Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary and the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.
At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event.[3] In 2015, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2019, he competed in the same event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus where he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.
In May 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2021 European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.[4][5] In June 2021, he qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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| 2012 | European Championships | Adeje, Spain | 1st | Team kumite |
| 3rd | Kumite 75 kg | |||
| 2013 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Team kumite |
| World Games | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | Kumite 75 kg | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | Team kumite |
| World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 2nd | Team kumite | |
| 3rd | Kumite 75 kg | |||
| 2015 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | Kumite 75 kg |
| 2016 | European Championships | Montpellier, France | 3rd | Kumite 84 kg |
| World Championships | Linz, Austria | 3rd | Team kumite | |
| 2021 | European Championships | Poreč, Croatia | 3rd | Kumite 75 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "2012 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Spanish Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Houston, Michael (22 May 2021). "Sánchez wins sixth consecutive kata title at European Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2021). "Second batch of Tokyo 2020-bound karateka go forward from WKF final qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Noah Bitsch – World Karate Federation ranking
- Noah Bitsch at KarateRec.com
- Noah Bitsch at Olympics.com
- Noah Bitsch at Olympedia
- Noah Bitsch at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Noah Bitsch at the International World Games Association
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- German male karateka
- World Games silver medalists for Germany
- World Games medalists in karate
- Karateka at the 2015 European Games
- Karateka at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Germany
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic karateka for Germany
- 21st-century German people
- Medalists at the 2013 World Games
- 21st-century German sportsmen