Bat-El Gatterer (; 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. In 1984, the family moved to Kokhav Ya'akov, a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, where she trains. She is the eldest of six children, and served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years. She is a religiously observant Jew. Taekwondo career Gatterer enrolled in her first fighting class at 9 years of age, and at 12 years of age she began studying taekwondo. She trains with the club Ahi Yehuda in Jerusalem. She also trains at Wingate Institute, near Netanya, Israel. She is coached by Avi Kadouri and Noa Shmida. 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. She was ranked second in Europe in her weight class by the European Taekwondo Union. 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. 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. 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." She competed, at 20 years of age, on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She was defeated 4–3 by former European champion Martina Zubčić of Croatia. She finished tied for 11th place. In 2009, competing in the under-57 kg class she won a gold medal at the British Open in Manchester, England. She won the gold medal in the women's featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. 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