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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Makayla Greenwood is an American taekwondo practitioner. [1] She won the gold medal in the women's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. [2] She is also a two-time gold medalist in her event at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.
Steven López is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and 4th Dan in taekwondo. In 2001, he won the Lightweight Taekwondo World Championship, and in 2003 he won the Welterweight Taekwondo World Championship which he has since won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 making him the first Taekwondo fighter to win 5 World Championships. With 2 Olympic titles, 5 titles in taekwondo world championships and 1 title in taekwondo world cup he is the most titled champion after Hadi Saei who earns 9 world class titles.
Bianca Cook, also known as Bianca Walkden is a British taekwondo athlete and Olympian. She is a three-time World champion, twice World Grand Prix champion, four-time European champion and a double Olympic medallist.
Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit is a Thai taekwondo athlete. She is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49kg.
Nafia Kuş is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Tijana Bogdanović is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner Milica Mandić as her idol.
Lee Da-bin is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. She competes for South Korea mainly in middleweight category at international competitions.
Niyaz Pulatov is a Uzbekistani male taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the men's 58kg flyweight event.
Anastasija Zolotic is an American taekwondo athlete and Olympic gold medalist. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the girls 49 kg weight class. She qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. On Sunday 25 July 2021, at just 18-years-old, she became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in taekwondo, defeating Tatiana Minina of Russia 25 to 17. Her parents are immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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.
Svetlana Osipova is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also won the gold medal in the women's +73 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +73 kg event at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.
Joan Jorquera Cala is a Spanish taekwondo athlete. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He won the silver medal in his debut at the European Taekwondo Championships men's under 63 kgs.
Rebecca McGowan is a British taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time medalist in the women's 73 kg event at the World Taekwondo Championships. She is also two-time medalist, including gold, in her event at the European Taekwondo Championships.
Althéa Laurin is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Merve Dinçel is a Turkish taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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.
Nadica Božanić is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Liang Yushuai is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He also won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Chuncheon, South Korea.
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.
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.
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