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

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.