Maikol Rodriguez

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Maikol Rodriguez
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Men's taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Wuxi -68 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Asunción -68kg

Maikol Rodriguez is an American taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games and a bronze medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships. [1]

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Career

He won the silver medal at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, defeated in the final by Cristián Olivero. [2] [3] [4] The following month, he placed second in the -68kg division at the WT President's Cup America in Lima, Peru. [5]

In October 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China in the men's featherweight division, losing in the semifinals to Seong Yu-hyeon of South Korea, 2–1 in a tight third round. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. "Maikol Rodriguez". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. "Felipe Olivero added another gold medal to Team Chile's taekwondo competition at the 2025 Asunción World Taekwondo Championship". Cooperativa.cl. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  3. "LATIN AMERICA TAKES THE TAEKWONDO GOLD MEDALS". Panamsports.org. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. "Chile, Mexico, and Argentina, golden protagonists in the taekwondo event". quepasamedia.com. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  5. Khalatyan, Rafael (9 September 2025). "Brazil shines at WT President's Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  6. Zaccardi, Nick (28 October 2025). "Americans Jonathan Healy, Maikol Rodriguez earn bronze medals at taekwondo worlds". NBC Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  7. Khalatyan, Rafael (28 October 2025). "Wuxi 2025: Márton repeats Baku success". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  8. "Hungary and Thailand win first gold medals of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships on day five". World Taekwondo. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.