Bat-El Gatterer

Bat-El Gatterer (; born February 4, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic taekwondo athlete. She was the women's 2010 European featherweight champion.

Biography Gatterer was born in and lived in the Israeli settlement of Kokhav Ya'akov, on a hilltop in the West Bank. In 1984, the family moved to Kokhav Ya'akov, a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, where she trains. She is the eldest of six children, and served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years. She trains with the club Ahi Yehuda in Jerusalem. She also trains at Wingate Institute, near Netanya, Israel. She was ranked second in Europe in her weight class by the European Taekwondo Union.

In 2008, competing in the under-55 kg class she won gold medals at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the German Open in Hamburg, Germany, and the Croatia Open in Zagreb, Croatia. She was defeated 4–3 by former European champion Martina Zubčić of Croatia.

She won the gold medal in the women's featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. Also in 2010, competing in the under-57 kg class she won a gold medal at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, a silver medal in the Paris Open in Paris, France, and a bronze medal at the Belgian Open in Herentals.

In 2012, she won gold medals in the Israel Open and the Croatia Open, a silver medal in the Trelleborg Open, and a bronze medal in the Austrian Open. in 2013, she won a gold medal at the Israel Open, a silver medal at the Dutch Open, and a bronze medal at the Croatia Open.