Background
Gatterer was born in and lived in the Israeli settlement of Kokhav Ya"akov, on a hilltop in the West Bank.
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. She was ranked second in Europe in her weight class by the European Taekwondo Union.
Upon qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, she said "I was a little surprised to have qualified.
She competed, at 20 years of age, on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She finished tied for 11th place. That year, she was ranked # 3 by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).
In October 2011, she was ranked third in the world in her weight class by the WTF. She began 2015, competing in the under-62 kg class, by winning a silver medal at the Greek Open, and a bronze medal at the Ukraine Open.