2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's middleweight

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Women's middleweight
at the 2019 World Championships
Venue Manchester Arena
Dates15–16 May 2019
Competitors30 from 30 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
  2017
2022  

The women's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 15 and 16 May.

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Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 73 kilograms in body mass.

Espinoza, three times Olympic medalist faced twenty-two years old Lee Da-bin from South Korea in the final who had never competed in a World Championships before. A body shot for Lee gave her an early 2–0 lead. Espinoza responded with a punch but Lee scored few more points to finish the first round 7–1. Lee carried on where she left off at the start of the second to finish it 14–2. In the third round Lee maintained her intensity and landed a number of shots to the body and head shots to win her first ever World Championships 22–2.

Results

Final

Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)22
Flag of Mexico.svg  María Espinoza  (MEX)2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Serbia.svg  Milica Mandić  (SRB)8
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Sorn Seavmey  (CAM)5 Flag of Italy.svg  Maristella Smiraglia  (ITA)3
Flag of Italy.svg  Maristella Smiraglia  (ITA)15Flag of Serbia.svg  Milica Mandić  (SRB)5
Flag of France.svg  Marie-Paule Blé  (FRA)21Flag of France.svg  Marie-Paule Blé  (FRA)6
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lui Yee Ting  (HKG)0 Flag of France.svg  Marie-Paule Blé  (FRA)3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Yunfei  (CHN)7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Yunfei  (CHN)2
Flag of Croatia.svg  Iva Radoš  (CRO)3 Flag of France.svg  Marie-Paule Blé  (FRA)10
Flag of Russia.svg  Karina Zhdanova  (RUS)6Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)15
Flag of Brazil.svg  Paloma Lima  (BRA)3 Flag of Russia.svg  Karina Zhdanova  (RUS)5
Flag of Cuba.svg  Glenhis Hernández  (CUB)0 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)25
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)21Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)28
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Reshmie Oogink  (NED)12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rebecca McGowan  (GBR)2
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Souzanna Tomazou  (CYP)9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Reshmie Oogink  (NED)13
Flag of Colombia.svg  Laura Ayala  (COL)3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rebecca McGowan  (GBR)20
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rebecca McGowan  (GBR)18

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of the United States.svg  Madelynn Gorman-Shore  (USA)22
Flag of Peru.svg  Camila Orihuela  (PER)0 Flag of the United States.svg  Madelynn Gorman-Shore  (USA)10
Flag of Greece.svg  Evgenia Sarri  (GRE)11Flag of Greece.svg  Evgenia Sarri  (GRE)3
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Crystal Weekes  (PUR)9 Flag of the United States.svg  Madelynn Gorman-Shore  (USA)4
Flag of Germany.svg  Alema Hadžić  (GER)9 Flag of Turkey.svg  Nafia Kuş  (TUR)5
Flag of Norway.svg  Eliza Haugen  (NOR)11Flag of Norway.svg  Eliza Haugen  (NOR)0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Hanna Stepanets  (UKR)1 Flag of Turkey.svg  Nafia Kuş  (TUR)5
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nafia Kuş  (TUR)22Flag of Turkey.svg  Nafia Kuş  (TUR)4
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Cansel Deniz  (KAZ)25Flag of Mexico.svg  María Espinoza  (MEX)6
Flag of Iran.svg  Akram Khodabandeh  (IRI)20 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Cansel Deniz  (KAZ)0
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Astan Bathily  (CIV)1 Flag of Spain.svg  Cecilia Castro  (ESP)22
Flag of Spain.svg  Cecilia Castro  (ESP)6Flag of Spain.svg  Cecilia Castro  (ESP)5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nathalie Iliesco  (CAN)3 Flag of Mexico.svg  María Espinoza  (MEX)6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Ma Ting-hsia  (TPE)6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Ma Ting-hsia  (TPE)4
Flag of Mexico.svg  María Espinoza  (MEX)7

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