Ángel Román Martínez (born July 11, 1984) is a Puerto Rican
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
practitioner and mathematician who is a Postdoctoral Lecturer at
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
. Roman represented
Puerto Rico
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 80 kg class. He lost the first preliminary match to Canada's
Sébastien Michaud
Sébastien Michaud (born May 7, 1987) started in taekwondo at the age of five, following in his father's and brothers footsteps. Born in Joliette, Quebec, he currently resides in Quebec City, Quebec where he studies software engineering at Univer ...
, with a sudden death score of 1–2.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Puerto Rican male taekwondo practitioners
1984 births
Living people
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Puerto Rico
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
21st-century Puerto Rican people
Washington University in St. Louis fellows
Washington University in St. Louis mathematicians
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