Liliia Khuzina
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| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 12, 2003 Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) / 67 kg | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kometa Sports School (Saint Petersburg) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Andrey Pak | ||||||||||||||
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Liliia Khuzina (Tatar: Лилиә Роберт кызы Хуҗина, born 12 March 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. She became world champion in the 62 kg division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku. Khuzina is also a five-time Russian national champion.[1][2]
Biography and Career
Khuzina was born on 12 March 2003 in Saint Petersburg.[1] After practicing dance in early childhood, she began training in taekwondo at the age of eight at the Kometa Olympic Reserve Sports School. Her coach from the beginning and to this day has been Andrey Pak.[3]
Her first major international results came in 2016 when she was a finalist at the European Cadet Championships in Bucharest.[4] In 2017, she became European cadet champion and won bronze at the World Cadet Championships in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (–55 kg). In 2018, she took bronze at the World Junior Championships in Tunisia. In 2019, she won gold at the European Junior Championships in Oropesa del Mar, Spain (–59 kg).[4] In 2020, Khuzina won her first senior-level international title at the WT President's Cup (Europe) in Helsingborg, Sweden.[5]
She won her first national senior title at the 2021 Russian Championships in Odintsovo, defeating Yuliya Zaitseva of Tatarstan in the final (62 kg).[6] She repeated this success at the 2022 and 2023 championships, including a victory in the 67 kg category in September 2023.[7] In June 2023, Khuzina won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, defeating Carolina Santos of Brazil in the final.[3] In April 2025, she won her fifth national title at the Russian Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Khuzina on infosport.ru". infosport.ru. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Khuzina Liliya Robertovna". msrfinfo.ru. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Khuzina's coach: Since her early cadet years, we've dreamed of winning the World Championship". championat.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Liliya Khuzina at taekwondodata.com". taekwondodata.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "5th WT President's Cup - European region - Helsingborg, Sweden" (PDF). taekwondo-oezer.de. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "2021 Russian Taekwondo Championships Results" (PDF). tkdrussia.ru. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Liliya Khuzina: three-time Russian champion". kfis.gov.spb.ru. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Khuzina becomes five-time Russian champion". rsport.ria.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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