Leah Lawall

Leah Lawall (born 6 January 2003) is a German taekwondo athlete and five-time European poomsae medalist.

Career

Leah Lawall started practicing the Korean martial arts taekwondo in 2009. Her taekwondo club had offered a class at her primary school, which she took part in and subsequently officially registered with her club.

Senior competitions In 2021, Lawall competed at the European Poomsae Championships in Seixal, Portugal, and placed fifth in the freestyle category of the women's senior competition (over 17 years of age). She claimed the gold medal in the women's freestyle competition at the 2022 European Universities Games. In 2023, she earned another gold medal in the women's freestyle competition at the European Universities Combat Championships, held in Zagreb.

At the 2023 European Poomsae Championships in Innsbruck, Lawall lost to Eva Sandersen and thus became Vice-European Champion in the individual freestyle competition and, as part of the mixed team (consisting of five team members, at least two men and two women), won an additional silver medal in the seniors' freestyle competition alongside teammates Pia Hoffmann. Ana Catalina Pohl, Julius Müller and Jules Berger. In 2024, she competed as part of the mixed freestyle team at the World Poomsae Championships in Hong Kong, with which she placed fifth in the semi-finals and ultimately seventh in the final. She reached the final in the women's individual freestyle competition where she also placed seventh.

At the 2025 European Championships held in Tallinn, she won a bronze medal with the German freestyle team as well as an individual bronze in the women's freestyle competition.

Personal life

Lawall is studying Sport Science at the German Sport University Cologne.