Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh - excellent young female karate fighter

Updated date: 11/06/2024 11:21:27

DTO - With impressive performance, in 2024, young athlete Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh from Dong Thap (born 2009) - a member of the young women's kata team (Vietnam karate) won many medals at Southeast Asian, Asian and world tournaments. At the age of 15, the female martial artist from Dat Sen Hong showed her potential for development and became a great hope for Dong Thap karate, as well as the country.

Athlete Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh (left cover) won silver medal at the 2024 World Youth, Youth and U21 Karate Championships

Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh comes from a farming family in An Hoa commune, Tam Nong district and her passion for martial arts led athlete Quynh Anh to karate when she was a student at An Hoa 1 Primary School. In 2018, Quynh Anh was discovered and selected by the coaches of the Tam Nong district karate team through the district karate championship.

Coach Pham Van Tien - Tam Nong District Karate Team, said: “We discovered great potential in Quynh Anh, so we decided to select her for the district team to continue training her to develop her expertise. During the training process, the coaching board was surprised by her outstanding qualities in performing technical movements and guided her to practice her strengths in kata (form). Responding to the coaching board's expectations, Quynh Anh strived to complete difficult exercises and high-volume lesson plans, thereby helping her progress quickly compared to her peers.”

After winning the gold medal in the kata event at the provincial age group karate tournament, in July 2020, Quynh Anh was selected to join the Dong Thap Karate Talent Team. With her innate qualities, passion for training, and the dedicated training of Dong Thap karate coaches, Quynh Anh made rapid progress in both physical and technical aspects. Thanks to her impressive achievements in national youth and youth tournaments, in January 2023, the young girl from Dat Sen Hong was officially called up to the Women's Kata Youth Team (Vietnam Karate).

In a training environment with a team of excellent national coaches, the young martial artist from Dong Thap strives to keep up with high-intensity exercises. Closely followed by coach Do Thi Thu Ha - Women's Kata Team (Vietnam karate), Quynh Anh not only approaches difficult techniques and experiences but also learns a lot about will and determination in training and competition. After nearly 2 years of training at the national team level, the female martial artist born in 2009 has made remarkable progress, asserting herself through tournaments where the coaching staff has given her the opportunity to compete.

The year 2024 marks the peak performance of athlete Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh in the women's karate youth team (Vietnam karate). The most notable is the silver medal won at the 2024 World Youth, Junior and U21 Karate Championship hosted by Italy from October 9 to 16, 2024. At this tournament, Quynh Anh competed in the women's kata youth category and excellently defeated opponents from Kuwait, Greece, France, Belgium and only lost to a Japanese martial artist in the final match.

Previously, in August 2024, athlete Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh was equally excellent when participating in the 22nd Asian Youth Karate Championship in the Philippines. With a thirst for victory and competitive spirit, Quynh Anh contributed to bringing the Vietnam Karate Team 2 silver medals in the individual female kata category for Cadet (youth) age group and the team female kata category for junior (young). In April 2024, Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh won a silver medal in the individual female kata category for the 14-15 age group when she and the Vietnam Karate Team participated in the 11th Southeast Asian Karate Championship in 2024, held in Thailand.

Coach Do Thi Thu Ha - Women's Kata Team (Vietnam Karate), commented: "In 2024, Quynh Anh showed great performance to complete all assigned tasks in the tournaments she participated in. In particular, the silver medal at the World Youth Championship when she had the opportunity to compete for the first time was an achievement that exceeded the expectations that the coaching board had set for Quynh Anh. Currently, Quynh Anh is still quite young, so her potential for development is very large. If she is given the opportunity to compete in many international tournaments, Quynh Anh will have the opportunity to develop to her potential to aim for the goal of competing in the Sea Games or ASIAD in the future...".

Sharing about her upcoming goals, Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh said: “I will try harder in training, especially learning from the coach to improve myself more and more. The achievements in 2024 are the motivation for me to strive, practice hard to improve my expertise and experience...”.

Le Thanh

Source: https://baodongthap.vn/the-thao/nguyen-mai-quynh-anh-nu-vo-si-tre-xuat-sac-mon-karate-126857.aspx