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Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date25 July 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationMakuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants17 from 17 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to the repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

American Taekwondo fighter Anastasija Zolotic, whose parents were immigrants from Bosnia-Herzegovina, earned the gold medal for her new home country against Tatyana Minina from the Russian Olympic Committee by 25-17. Minina was the reigning three-time European champion. Zolotic made history by becoming the first American woman to win Olympic Taekwondo gold.

Heavy favorite and number one seed, the reigning world champion and two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones from Great Britain, lost her first-round bout against refugee Kimia Alizadeh and was eliminated. The bronze medals went to Lo Chia-Ling from Chinese Taipei and Hatice Kübra İlgün from Türkiye.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1307Anastasija ZoloticUSAGold
2305Tatyana MininaROCSilver
=3311Lo Chia-LingTPEBronze
=3302Hatice Kübra İlgünTURBronze
=5316Kimia AlizadehEOR
=5313Tekiath Ben YessoufNIG
=7312Fani TzeliGRE
=7310Nada LaarajMAR
=9303Skylar ParkCAN
=9308Zhou LijunCHN
=11314Stacey HymerAUS
=11315Nishy LindoCRC
=11301Jade JonesGBR
=11304Mayu HamadaJPN
=11306Lee A-ReumKOR
=11309Patrycja AdamkiewiczPOL
17317Nahid KiyaniIRI

Round One

Date25 July 2021 — 19:45
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 Jul 19:45Kimia AlizadehEORFinal scoreNahid KiyaniIRI

Round Two

Date25 July 2021 — 10:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 Jul 10:00Tekiath Ben YessoufNIGFinal scoreMayu HamadaJPN
Match #225 Jul 10:30Tatyana MininaROCFinal scoreFani TzeliGRE
Match #325 Jul 11:00Zhou LijunCHNFinal scorePatrycja AdamkiewiczPOL
Match #425 Jul 11:30Kimia AlizadehEORFinal scoreJade JonesGBR
Match #525 Jul 12:00Hatice Kübra İlgünTURFinal scoreNishy LindoCRC
Match #625 Jul 12:30Anastasija ZoloticUSAFinal scoreNada LaarajMAR
Match #725 Jul 13:00Lo Chia-LingTPEGolden pointLee A-ReumKOR
Match #825 Jul 13:30Skylar ParkCANFinal scoreStacey HymerAUS

Quarter-Finals

Date25 July 2021 — 14:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 Jul 14:00Tatyana MininaROCFinal scoreTekiath Ben YessoufNIG
Match #225 Jul 14:30Kimia AlizadehEORFinal scoreZhou LijunCHN
Match #325 Jul 15:00Anastasija ZoloticUSAFinal scoreHatice Kübra İlgünTUR
Match #425 Jul 15:30Lo Chia-LingTPEFinal scoreSkylar ParkCAN

Semi-Finals

Date25 July 2021 — 16:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 Jul 16:00Tatyana MininaROCFinal scoreKimia AlizadehEOR
Match #225 Jul 16:30Anastasija ZoloticUSAFinal scoreLo Chia-LingTPE

Repêchage Round One

Date25 July 2021 — 19:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 Jul 19:00Tekiath Ben YessoufNIGGolden pointFani TzeliGRE
Match #225 Jul 19:30Hatice Kübra İlgünTURFinal scoreNada LaarajMAR

Final Round

Date25 July 2021 — 21:30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/225 Jul 21:30Anastasija ZoloticUSAFinal scoreTatyana MininaROC
Match 3/525 Jul 20:30Lo Chia-LingTPEFinal scoreTekiath Ben YessoufNIG
Match 3/525 Jul 21:00Hatice Kübra İlgünTURFinal scoreKimia AlizadehEOR