A TEENAGE taekwondo world champion and aspiring lawyer has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in her sleep – as her heartbroken friends and family pay tribute.

Isabelle Sava, who was preparing to begin her second year studying LLB Law at Queen Mary University of London, died despite emergency crews desperately battling to save her.

Isabelle Sava, an aspiring lawyer and teen Taekwondo world champion, wearing a red ruffled dress, standing in a park.An aspiring lawyer and teen taekwondo world champion has died Credit: Kennedy News A young woman in a taekwondo uniform holding up a British flag, standing in front of a backdrop for the ITF Taekwondo World Championships.Isabelle Sava, 19, died after suffering a cardiac arrest in her sleep Credit: Kennedy News

Ambulance and air ambulance teams attempted to resuscitate the 19-year-old, but she tragically passed away on August 17.

The student was an accomplished athlete having got a second-degree black belt and competing internationally, according to her devastated parents Laura and Ovi Sava.

In 2022 Isabelle competed at the World Taekwondo Championship in the and bagged a silver medal in sparring.

A young woman in a fur-trimmed coat holds a black and white cat while standing in the snow.The law student was an accomplished athlete Credit: Kennedy News Isabelle Sava, a young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black off-the-shoulder top and a thin necklace with a small cross pendant.Friends of the the family have now launched a fundraiser Credit: Kennedy News

Isabelle’s parents expected to watch Isabelle return to , complete her law degree and begin her career as a commercial lawyer.

But they were shocked to lose their only daughter without warning, changing their lives forever.

Friends of the family have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser on Wednesday to help them with funeral and memorial costs following the “sudden and unimaginable” loss.

The fundraiser organiser wrote: “She was intelligent, ambitious, focused and incredibly determined.

“She knew where she wanted to go in life, and she was prepared to work hard to get there.

“While she was working tirelessly towards her own future, she still found time to help others build theirs.

“Laura, Ovi and Isabelle were a beautiful and incredibly close family of three. For 19 years, they built their lives together.

“They created memories, celebrated achievements, laughed together, travelled together and shared all those ordinary family moments that suddenly became the most precious memories imaginable.

“Nothing we raise can take away their pain. Nothing can replace Isabelle.

“Nothing can give Laura and Ovi back the future they should have shared with their daughter.”

According to family friends, Isabelle was her parents’ “pride and joy” and was involved with the Law Society, Commercial Awareness Society and Student Advancement society at her university.

Her friends say she was already working tirelessly to build the career she dreamed of.

She had worked as a tutor for more than two years, helping other young people with their education.

Friends say that despite everything she had achieved, Isabelle remained humble and caring.

The fundraiser has been created to help cover Isabelle’s funeral and memorial expenses, as well as other unexpected costs following her death.

The fundraiser organiser wrote: “She was their whole world. Their only child. Their greatest pride. Their future. And their greatest joy.

“Isabelle had so many plans, so many dreams, so much potential and so much more to give to this world.

“Her story should have had so many more chapters.

“Please keep Laura and Ovi in your thoughts and help us support them as they face a loss that no parent should ever have to endure.

“Rest peacefully, beautiful Isabelle. Forever 19. Forever loved, forever remembered.”