Elliott Andre Alexander LOONSTRA

Date of Birth: 18 Jan 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Sport Class: K44

Place of birth: ORANJESTAD

Birth Country:

Aruba

Place of residence : ORANJESTAD

Residence Country:

Aruba

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men K44 +75kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 +75kg Round of 16 #304 MAR ISMAILI ALAOUI RISMAILI ALAOUI Rachid Sport Class: K44 32 PTF ARU LOONSTRA EAAElliott Andre Alexander LOONSTRA Sport Class: K44 23	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 +75kg Repechage Quarterfinal #320 ARU LOONSTRA EAAElliott Andre Alexander LOONSTRA Sport Class: K44 3 CRC MOLINA GOMEZ AEMOLINA GOMEZ Andres Esteban Sport Class: K44 16 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
17	Men K44 +75kg	2019	Antalya, TUR

Lefty [a kid called me 'righty' when I was younger and I got mad and they asked me what they should call me then and I said, 'If anything call me Lefty' and its stuck."]. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Drums, music production, playing computer games, bodyboarding, skateboarding, agriculture, drawing, being underwater. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Hospitality Management - University of Aruba, Aruba

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Luciano Mazzeo, ARG; Romina Giel [fitness], ARG

Sporting relatives:

His father Andre competed in motor sport [drag racing] in Aruba. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Other sports:

He has competed in Para athletics [throwing events] at national level in Aruba. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He suffered a broken hand in a Para taekwondo bout in 2018. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

In around 2015 he suffered a broken ankle while skateboarding. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He first tried the sport at around age six, before returning to it again in 2018. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Initially interested in mixed martial arts [MMA], he discovered taekwondo after he was approached by his coach who asked him to give it a try. "My coach came to my house to fill scuba tanks and asked me if I wanted to fight, I said yes. When people ask me, 'What do you do?' I tell them I kick people. Immediately they look at me and are like, 'What?' And I say, 'No no no. I'm an athlete'." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021; paralympic.org, 21 Jul 2020)

To compete in other Para sports at an elite level. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Competing at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and being selected to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 21 Jul 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

His parents. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

His family. (Instagram profile, 13 May 2021)

"I listen to music before fights to both relax me and get me hyped." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Keep pushing." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
K44 (World Taekwondo, 27 Aug 2021)

General
TRAINING IN BRAZIL
In 2018 he received an invitation to train at a taekwondo camp organised by the National Paralympic Committee Development Programme in Sao Paulo, Brazil. "It was a great experience because in Aruba when it comes to training it's just me and my coach. And although it's amazing to train with a great coach, it's just the two of us. It can get repetitive. When we went to Brazil, I got a lot of action and we made new friends so much so that one of the coaches there invited us back last year [2019] for about three months to train with them." (paralympic.org, 21 Jul 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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