 Samorano at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 September 1981 Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Samorano (born 25 September 1981) [1] is an Argentine para taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [2]
In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [3]
Seif Eissa is an Egyptian Taekwondo practitioner & a Bronze medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He also earned a gold medal at the 2015 African Games in Gaborone.
The United States competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Argentina competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Akeem Stewart is a Trinidad and Tobago Paralympic athlete with F43 disability classification. He competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events.
Evânio Rodrigues da Silva is a Brazilian Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 88 kg event. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Mexico participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Originally scheduled to take place from 25 August to 6 September 2020, the Paralympics were postponed by a year in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rescheduled Games still referred to as Tokyo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Achraf Mahboubi is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. In 2021, he represented Morocco at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Ivan Šapina is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. He is a two-time medalist in the men's 87 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships. He is also a two-time medalist, including gold, in his event at the European Taekwondo Championships.
Evan Medell is a Para Taekwondo practitioner. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +75 kg event. He had previously won a gold medal in Taekwondo at the 2019 Parapan American Games.
Herbert Aceituno is a Salvadoran Paralympic powerlifter of short stature. He is a bronze medalist at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan, a silver medalist at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia and a gold medalist at the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
Shauna-Kay Hines is a Jamaican parataekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the –58 kg category, having been the only Jamaican representative at the Paralympics competition. Hines also won a bronze medal in Taekwondo at the 2019 Parapan American Games. She was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to her island in April 2022.
Nathan Cesar Sodario Torquato is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. In the final, his opponent Mohamed El-Zayat of Egypt was unable to compete due to injury and, as a result, Torquato was awarded the gold medal.
Joo Jeong-hun is a South Korean para taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He also won a bronze medal in the men's 80 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.
Zainutdin Ataev is a Dagestani Russian para taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed at the Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Juan Diego García López is a Mexican para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Mexico in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the 75kg event. He also participated in the 2019 Parapan American Games, where he won a gold medal in the same category.
Débora Bezerra de Menezes is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's +58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She came in fourth place in the women's +65 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Argentina competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
Nurlan Dombayev is a Kazakhstani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification. Having competed in the -75 and later -80 kg category, he is a gold medalist at the 2017 and 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games.
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