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2016 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games was held in Aguascalientes, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ... from March 10 to March 11, 2016. Each country may enter maximum 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one in each division and the first two ranked athletes per weight division qualify their NOCs a place each for Olympic Games. Medalists Men Women Qualification summary Results Men −58 kg 11 March −68 kg 11 March −80 kg 10 March +80 kg 10 March Women −49 kg 10 March −57 kg 10 March −67 kg 11 March +67 kg 11 March References {{reflist1st Day Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 17 to 20 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 128 taekwondo fighters competed in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women. Qualification Taekwondo competition at these Games featured a total of 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, and 16 in each of the eight weight categories. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter up to a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender, based on the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Olympic rankings, such that an athlete per NOC must be among the top six in each weight category. If an NOC had qualified only two female and male athletes through ranking, it could not participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament unless it had relinquishing the places obtained through ranking. Four places had been reserved to the host nation Brazil, and another four had been invited by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Rivas (taekwondo) (active from 2013), Puerto Rican attorney and economist
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Carlos Rivas may refer to: *Carlos Rivas (actor) (1925–2003), American actor *Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1953), Chilean football midfielder * Carlos Rivas Godoy (born 1985), Canadian footballer; son of the Chilean Carlos Rivas * Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1991), Colombian football winger * Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1994), Colombian football forward *Carlos Rivas Quiñones Carlos Rivas Quiñones is an attorney and economist, and a former director of the Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget. Rivas was previously the executive director of the Puerto Rico Financing of Housing Authority. He was also an associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Dumar
Katherine Dumar (born 27 September 1993) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal in welterweight at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Nur Tatar in the semifinal. Her achievements at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships include a gold medal in 2012, a silver medal in 2016, and a bronze medal in 2014. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 South American Games The XII South American Games (Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguaya ... in Asunción, Paraguay. References External links * 1993 births Living people Colombian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia World Taekwondo Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Arnoldt
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting *Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti *Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist *Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist *Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat *Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player *Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Pagnotta
Melissa Pagnotta (born September 22, 1988) is a Canadian taekwondo fighter. Pagnotta participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Ontario representative in that sport. She qualified to the 2016 Olympics by winning Silver at the Pan Am Olympic Qualification event in Aguascalientes Mexico. Pagnotta saw success at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ... where she won gold in the lightweight (under 67 kg) class. She won a silver at the 2015 World Grand Prix in Moscow losing a close match to Korea in sudden death. She has won the Pan Am Championships 4x (2005,2008, 2010 and 2014) and Commonwealth Championships 3x (2008,2014 and 2017). She is coached by Canadian National team coach Edward Fong in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paige McPherson
Paige Arielle "McFierce" McPherson (born October 1, 1990, in Abilene, Texas) is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States. Biography Early life and education McPherson grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. She and four other siblings were adopted by Susan and Dave McPherson. Her biological family includes an older brother and two half-siblings. She is of African American and Filipino descent. She graduated from Black Hills Classical Christian Academy in 2009 and then went on to attend Miami-Dade College. Career McPherson was a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Am Games. She represented the USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s 67 kg taekwondo event and in the preliminary round secured a surprise defeat over Team GB's Sarah Stevenson. McPherson went on to win a bronze medal by defeating Franka Anić of Slovenia, 8-3. After winning a gold medal in the 2016 Pan American Games McPherson was selected to represent the United States as a member of the Team U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Martínez
Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy. Translations *Arabic: أدريان * Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) *Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplified: 阿德里安娜 (Ā délǐ ānnà) *Chinese Traditional: 阿德里安娜 (Ā délǐ ān *Greek: Αδριανή (Adriani) *Gujarati: એડ્રીયાના (Ēḍrīyānā) *Hebrew: אדריאנה *Hindi: एड्रियाना (Ēḍriyānā) *Japanese: アドリアーナ (Adoriāna) *Kannada: ಆಡ್ರಿಯಾನಾ (Āḍriyānā) *Korean: 아드리아나 (Adeuliana) * Latvian:Ādriana (Aadriana) *Persian: آدریانا *Polish: Adrianna *Russian: Адриана * Serbian: Адријана (Adrijana) *Tamil: அட்ரியானா (Aṭriyāṉā) *Telugu: అడ్రియానా (Aḍriyānā) *Ukrainian: Адріана *Yiddish: אַדריאַנאַ Adriana ;Given name *Adriana (footballer, born 1968), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Patiño
Doris Esmid Patiño Marín (born May 1, 1986, in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal for the 57 kg class at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, losing out to Mexico's Irma Contreras. She later followed that up with a bronze medal four years later at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Patino qualified for the women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the secon .... She lost the first preliminary round match to Italy's Veronica Calabrese, who was able to score two points at the end of the game. References External links *NBC Olympics Profile Colombian female ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolena Carstens
Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996 in Winfield, Illinois, United States) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,. She used to live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois., but has since moved to Spain. In 2011, Carstens participated at the Pan American Championships, where she won the silver medal in the youth -52 kg category, losing to the American Deireanne Morales in the final. She subsequently took part in qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in November 2011, finishing fourth. She later received one of four wild card entries for the Olympics as the 13th ranked athlete in the -49 kg category, becoming the first Olympic taekwondo athlete from Panama, and the second youngest Olympian in the country's history. She was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Olympics. She lost her first contest 7–2 to an eventual finalist, Spaniard Brigitte Yagüe, and then lost her repec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Stambaugh
Victoria Stambaugh (born 4 May 1993) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games. She competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In 2020, she qualified at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 49 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by Avishag Semberg Avishag Semberg (or Abishag Samberg, he, אבישג סמברג; born 16 September 2001) is an Israeli taekwondo athlete. She was an Olympic bronze medalist for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 49 kg competition. She won Isra ... of Israel. References External links * Living people 1993 births Puerto Rican female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candelaria Marte
Candelaria or Candelária may refer to: People * Jacob Candelaria (born 1986 or 1987), U.S. politician and attorney * John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher * Luis Candelaria (1892-1963), Argentinian military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918 * Nash Candelaria (born 1928), American author * Candelaria Pérez (1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay Places Argentina * Candelaria, Misiones, Misiones Province * Candelaria, San Luis, a village and municipality in San Luis Province * La Candelaria, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province * La Candelaria, Salta, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province Brazil * Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro * Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul Chile * Candelaria mine, a copper deposit in Atacama Region Colombia * Candelaria, Valle del Cauca * Candelaria, Atlántico * La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in Bogot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |