Dylan Chellamootoo


Dylan Chellamootoo is a French taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the –63kg event at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.

Career

In 2013, Chellamootoo competed in the men's flyweight at the World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla, Mexico. He was eliminated in his third match by Damián Villa of Mexico. A year later, he won one of the bronze medals in the −58kg event at the 2014 European Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Chellamootoo represented France at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan in the men's 58kg event without winning a medal. He was eliminated in his first match by Max Cater of Great Britain. The following year, he competed at the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Ron Atias of Israel. In 2018, he competed in the men's 68kg event at the Mediterranean Games without winning a medal. He was eliminated from the competition in his second match, against Hakan Reçber of Turkey.
In 2019, Chellamootoo competed in the men's bantamweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom where he was eliminated in his first match by Korai Murakami of Japan. At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the silver medal in the –63kg event.
Chellamootoo competed at the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Achievements

YearEventLocationPlace
2014European Taekwondo ChampionshipsBaku, Azerbaijan3rd
2019Military World GamesWuhan, China2nd