Steven Behn Explained

Steven Behn
Birth Date:12 October 1995
Country:Germany
Sport:Taekwondo
Event:Recognized Poomsae
Freestyle Poomsae
Club:Taekwondo Team Fuhlsbüttel e. V.
Coach:Matthias Behn
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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

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.[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.

Personal life

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

align=center YearEventLocationG-RankDisciplinePlace
2024Austrian Open ViennaG-1Freestyle Individual2nd
Danish Open Skanderborg-Poomsae Individual3rd
Danish Open Skanderborg-Freestyle Individual2nd
London International Open London-Freestyle Individual3rd
2023Croatia Open ZagrebG-1Freestyle Individual3rd
Swedish Open StockholmG-1Freestyle Individual3rd
German Open Hamburg-Freestyle Individual1st
German Open Hamburg-Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Skanderborg-Freestyle Individual1st
2022European Cup StockholmG-2Freestyle Pair1st
Swedish Open G-2Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Skanderborg-Freestyle Individual2nd
Danish Open Skanderborg-Poomsae Individual2nd
Danish Open Skanderborg-Freestyle Pair1st
Danish Open Skanderborg-Poomsae Pair2nd
World Championships GoyangG-8Freestyle Pair5th
2021European Championships SeixalG-4Freestyle Pair3rd
2019FISU World University Games NapoliG-2Poomsae Team7th
European Championships AntalyaG-4Poomsae, Pair3rd
European Championships AntalyaG-4Freestyle Team3rd
2018World Championships TaipeiG-8Freestyle Team3rd
2017FISU World University Games TaipeiG-2Poomsae Team7th
European Championships RhodesG-4Freestyle Team1st
2015European Championships BelgradeG-4Freestyle Team1st

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deutsche Taekwondo Union e.V.: Mitglied . 2024-02-25 . www.dtu.de.
  2. Web site: Journalist . Bemærk: Artiklen er mere end 30 dage gammel Josefine Falkenberg . Eva er verdensmester: "Andre unge drikker og fester - jeg har andre værdier" . 2024-02-25 . TV 2 Kosmopol . da.
  3. https://www.tpss.eu/PDF/898.pdf
  4. Web site: Taekwondo Poomsae . 2024-02-25 . en-US.
  5. Web site: redaktion . 2015-07-08 . Jessica Rau ist Europameisterin im Taekwondo . 2024-02-25 . lokalo.de . de-DE.
  6. Web site: [World Taekwondo] [Draw] 10th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships ]. 2024-02-25 . www.worldtaekwondo.org.
  7. https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/ze/engze_taekwondo-sport-and-nusf-entries-by-event-germany-.htm
  8. Web site: 2018-02-23 . Taekwondo-Künstler kämpfen bei German Open um Titel - WELT . 2024-02-25 . DIE WELT . de.
  9. Web site: Rodríguez . Laura López . 2018-11-19 . Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships . 2024-02-25 . MASTKD . en-US.
  10. https://www.tpss.eu/results/1547/Day%203%20-%20Pair-U-30.pdf
  11. Web site: Schreiber . Tim . "Das Olympiafeeling ist beeindruckend" . 2024-02-25 . www.uni-hamburg.de . de.
  12. Web site: UCØ TEKNIKSAMLING MED MATHIAS OG STEVEN BEHN, TYSKLAND Skanderborg Moo Sa Taekwondo Klub . 2024-02-25 . mit.moosa.dk.
  13. Web site: [World Taekwondo] [Results] Day 3_Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Champi.. ]. 2024-02-25 . www.worldtaekwondo.org.
  14. Web site: UKE - Wissenschaftlerprofil - Steven Behn . 2024-02-25 . www.uke.de . de.
  15. Web site: Referate - Taekwondo Union Hamburg . 2024-02-25 . www.taekwondo-hamburg.de.
  16. Web site: ASP Datenbank: asp Expert:innenliste . 2024-02-25 . www.edl.asp-sportpsychologie.de.