Mexico competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Mexican Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1972, with a total of 124 athletes, 80 men and 44 women, competing across 26 sports.
Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit is a retired Thai taekwondo athlete. A two-time Olympic champion, she is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.
Argentina competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Argentine athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of their support for the United States-led boycott.
Paulo Ricardo Souza de Melo is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships on the men's 54 kg.
Milena Titoneli Guimarães is a Brazilian taekwondo fighter. She won the gold medal in the women's 67 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancún, Mexico. She is also a two-time bronze medalist in this event at the World Taekwondo Championships.
Nada Laaraj is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She has won gold medals in the women's 57 kg event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Fernanda Nicole Aguirre Ramirez is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In her bronze medal match she defeated Carolena Carstens of Panama.
Arlettys de la Caridad Acosta Herrera is a Cuban taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's 67 kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Jacqueline del Rocío Mollocana Eleno is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. Mollocana is a gold medalist at the South American Games and a five-time medalist, including gold, at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.
Adriana Cerezo Iglesias is a Spanish taekwondo athlete who won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Rebecca McGowan is a Scottish taekwondo practitioner. She is twice a medalist in the women's +73 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships. She is also three-times a medalist, including gold, in this event at the European Taekwondo Championships.
Verónica Estela Saladín Tolentino is a weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She won the silver medal in the women's +87 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She is also a three-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Sarah Chaâri is a Belgian taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic and gold medal in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico and became Belgium's first female World Taekwondo champion. In doing so, Chaâri also became the first-ever Taekwondo fighter to win golds at both Junior and Senior World Championships in the same year. Chaâri, who moved up to the senior division in 2022, had previously won gold in the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia in August.
Leslie Xcaret Soltero García is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
Cecilia Castro Burgos is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Sandy Camila Leite Macedo is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico.
Gloria Camila Mosquera Riascos is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay and the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cara, Dominican Republic.
Claudia Rayen Gallardo Llancaman is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.
Mell Karen Mina Ayoví is an Ecuadorian taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's 67 kg event at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay. She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia.
Carl Alan Nickolas Jr., also known as CJ Nickolas, is an American taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal in the men's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is also a three-time gold medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.
