Bradly Sinden

{{short description|British taekwondo practitioner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| name = Bradly Sinden

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| caption = Sinden at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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| birth_name = Bradly John Sinden

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| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Doncaster, England, United Kingdom

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| height = 185 cm

| weight = 68 kg

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| sport = Taekwondo

| weight_class = Featherweight

| collegeteam = Loughborough College

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| team = GB Taekwondo

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| coach = Martin Stamper (national)

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{{MedalSport |Men's taekwondo}}

{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}

{{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo | 68 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition| World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Manchester | 68 kg }}

{{MedalGold|2023 Baku | 68 kg }}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Guadalajara | 68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Muju | 63 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Slam}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Wuxi|68 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 London|68 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Moscow|68 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Moscow (F)|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Rome|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Manchester|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Rome|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Paris|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Manchester|68 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|68 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Manchester|68 kg}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Belgrade|68 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Sofia|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Kazan|63 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Daugavpils|63 kg}}

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Bradly John Sinden (born 19 September 1998) is a British Taekwondo athlete who won gold at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, becoming the first British male World Taekwondo champion.{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/more-sport/hard-working-bradly-sinden-now-sets-sights-on-olympic-taekwondo-gold-1-9776205 |title=Hard-working Bradly Sinden now sets sights on Olympic taekwondo gold |work=Yorkshire Post |date=17 May 2019 |accessdate=18 May 2019}}

At the following 2020 Summer Olympics, he reached the final in his weight category where he won a silver medal, losing 34–29 against Ulugbek Rashitov.{{cite news |title=Tokyo Olympics: Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat in taekwondo final |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57963176 |access-date=25 July 2021 |work=BBC Sport |date=25 July 2021}} Sinden's medal was the first medal guaranteed for Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics when he qualified for the 68 kg final, although judoku Chelsie Giles was the first to actually have the colour of her medal confirmed and medal awarded.

He won the silver medal in the men's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico before taking his first European title in Manchester in 2022.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sinden lost in the semis-finals and withdrew from his bronze medal match due to injury.{{cite web|url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/injury-forces-doncasters-bradly-sinden-to-pull-out-of-bronze-medal-match-at-paris-2024-4735343|title=Injury forces Doncaster's Bradly Sinden to pull out of bronze medal match at Paris 2024|publisher=Doncaster Freeman Press|accessdate=9 August 2024}}