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'''Bat-El Gatterer''' ({{langx|he|בת אל גטרר}}; 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2479997/Beijing-Taekwondo-Israels-Bat-El-Gatterer-hits-the-fast-track.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531011619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2479997/Beijing-Taekwondo-Israels-Bat-El-Gatterer-hits-the-fast-track.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |title=Beijing Taekwondo: Israel's Bat-El Gatterer hits the fast track |work=The Telegraph |date=July 31, 2008 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.israel-infos.net/nlp.php?nl=126 |title=Taekwondo et Cacheroute |publisher=Israel Infos |date=August 15, 2008 |language=fr |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425230118/http://www.israel-infos.net/nlp.php?nl=126 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="haaretz3">{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/little-bat-el-aims-for-taekwondo-gold-1.251140 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122224245/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/little-bat-el-aims-for-taekwondo-gold-1.251140 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |title=Little Bat-El aims for taekwondo gold |work=Haaretz |date=April 2, 2008 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> In 1984, the family moved to Kokhav Ya'akov, a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, where she trains.<ref name="haaretz3"/><ref name=champ>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/422056.aspx |title=Israeli Taekwondo Champ to Olympics |work=CBN News |date=August 4, 2008 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> She is the eldest of six children, and served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years.<ref name="haaretz3"/><ref name=champ/> She is a religiously observant Jew.<ref name="haaretz3"/>
===Taekwondo career=== Gatterer enrolled in her first fighting class at 9 years of age, and at 12 years of age she began studying taekwondo.<ref name="israelnationalnews1">{{cite news|last=Miskin |first=Maayana |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137534#.TsQlaFawVVo |title=Israeli Woman First in Taekwondo |work=Israel National News |date=May 13, 2010 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> She trains with the club Ahi Yehuda in Jerusalem.<ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/bat-el-gatterer-1.html |title=Bat-El Gatterer Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112113428/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/bat-el-gatterer-1.html |archive-date=November 12, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="nbcolympics1">{{cite web |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=65093/bio/index.html |title=2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Bat-El Gatterer Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516145513/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=65093/bio/index.html |archive-date=May 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also trains at Wingate Institute, near Netanya, Israel.<ref name="haaretz3"/> She is coached by Avi Kadouri and Noa Shmida.<ref name="nbcolympics1"/>
In 2007, she won a gold medal in the under-55 kg class at the Austrian Open in Innsbruck, Austria, and bronze medals at the Trelleborg Open in Trelleborg, Sweden, and the Belgian Open in Herentals, Belgium.<ref name="taekwondodata1">{{cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/bat-el-gatterer.a8y6.html#top |title=Gatterer, Bat-El |publisher=Taekwondo Data |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> She was ranked second in Europe in her weight class by the European Taekwondo Union.<ref>{{cite news|last=Levi |first=Hana |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127059#.TsQojFawVVo |title=Yesha Resident Kicks Her Way to Beijing Olympics |work=Israel National News |date= August 4, 2008|accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref>
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.<ref name="taekwondodata1"/> She also won a bronze medal at the Austrian Open in Innsbruck, Austria, and a bronze medal in the under-57 kg weight class at the Olympic Games qualification competition in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name="haaretz3"/><ref name="taekwondodata1"/> Upon qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, she said "I was a little surprised to have qualified. It is a great achievement and it is the dream of every sportsman, but people believed in me."<ref name="haaretz3"/>
She competed, at 20 years of age, on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1855869511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+07%2C+2009&author=TALI+MINSBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Gatterer+shines+but+Germany%2C+France+victorious+at+Jerusalem+International+Open.+27-year-old+Israeli+competitor+rushed+to+hospital+after+taking+a+dangerous+kick+to+the+head&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712195118/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1855869511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+07,+2009&author=TALI+MINSBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Gatterer+shines+but+Germany,+France+victorious+at+Jerusalem+International+Open.+27-year-old+Israeli+competitor+rushed+to+hospital+after+taking+a+dangerous+kick+to+the+head&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=Gatterer shines but Germany, France victorious at Jerusalem International Open |work=The Jerusalem Post |author=Tali Minsberg|date=September 7, 2009 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name="haaretz1">{{cite news|last=Hipsh |first=Rami |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/hoping-for-winds-in-zubari-s-sail-1.252098 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203055358/http://www.haaretz.com/hoping-for-winds-in-zubari-s-sail-1.252098 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |title=Hoping for winds in Zubari's sail |work=Haaretz |date=August 19, 2008 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> She was defeated 4–3 by former European champion Martina Zubčić of Croatia.<ref name="haaretz1"/> She finished tied for 11th place.<ref name="sports-reference1"/>
In 2009, competing in the under-57 kg class she won a gold medal at the British Open in Manchester, England.<ref name="taekwondodata1"/><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/main/file/Media_Information_2010_Combat_Games-final.pdf?PHPSESSID=45e1f2460b5078c1bcaf6af5d20db16f |title=Media Information; 2010 SportAccord Combat Games |publisher=World Taekwondo Federation |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref>
She won the gold medal in the women's featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sports-shorts-1.290306 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516060217/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sports-shorts-1.290306 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2010 |title=Sports Shorts |publisher=Haaretz |date=October 9, 2010 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name="taekwondodata1"/><ref name="autogenerated1"/> That year, she was ranked # 3 by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
In 2011, competing in the under-57 kg class she won a gold medal at the Trelleborg Open in Trelleborg, and bronze medals at the German Open in Hamburg and the Croatia Open in Zagreb.<ref name="taekwondodata1"/> In October 2011, she was ranked third in the world in her weight class by the WTF.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mastaekwondo.com/2011/10/top-ten-del-wtf-world-ranking-octubre-2011/ |title=Top Ten del WTF World Ranking, Octubre 2011 |publisher=masTaekwondo.com |date=October 2011 |accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref>
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.<ref name="taekwondodata.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/bat-el-gatterer.a8y6.html|title = TaekwondoData}}</ref> 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.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/> In 2014, she won a gold medal at the Belgian Open, silver medals at the Israel Open and the Trelleborg Open, and bronze medals at the Austrian Open, Argentina Open, Costa Rica Open, and Ukraine Open.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/>
She began 2015, competing in the under-62 kg class, by winning a silver medal at the Greek Open, and a bronze medal at the Ukraine Open.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/>
She is one of three Israeli taekwondo Olympians, along with Maya Arusi (Athens, 2004) and Ron Atias (Rio de Janeiro, 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Atias-takes-taekwondo-silver-medal-for-Israel-454517|title = Atias takes taekwondo silver medal for Israel}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gatterer, Bat-El}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli female taekwondo practitioners Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Israel Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Israeli settlers Category:European Taekwondo Championships medalists Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen