Henrique Marques (taekwondo)

Henrique Marques Rodrigues

Personal information
Born	11 March 2004 (2004-03-11) (age 21) [1] Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro [2]
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record Representing   Brazil Pan American Championships 2022 Punta Cana 80 kg Junior Pan American Games 2025 Asunción 80 kg 2025 Asunción Mixed team

Henrique Marques Rodrigues (born 11 March 2004) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Career

He was a flag bearer for Brazil at the Youth South American Games in Rosario, Argentina, in April 2022. ^[3] He won the gold medal at the event in the -80kg division. ^[4] He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship. ^[5]

He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024. ^[6]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category, reaching the quarter finals. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Henrique Marquez Rodrigues". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
2. "Atleta do taekwondo é da "área mais humilde do bairro mais humilde"". Portal Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
3. "ROSARIO 2022 YOUTH SOUTH AMERICAN GAMES BEGIN WITH COLORFUL CELEBRATION". panamsports.org. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
4. Aranda, Claudio (20 August 2022). "Great fights at the start of the senior division of the Pan American WT President's Cup". mastkd. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
5. López Rodríguez, Laura (6 May 2022). "2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship Kyourugi & Poomsae". mastkd. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
6. "Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier". Infobae. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
7. "Henrique Marques in taekwondo: watch live today (08/09)". gcmais.com. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
8. "Julyana Al-Sadeq reaches taekwondo Olympic quarterfinals". royalnews.tv. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.