Elena Benítez (born 26 October 1966) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. She was born in

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. She competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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. She won a gold medal in welterweight at the

1999 World Taekwondo Championships The 1999 World Taekwondo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Butterdome, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada from June 2 to June 6, 1999, with 550 athletes participating from 66 countri ...

, by defeating by Mirjam Müskens in the final. Her achievements at the

European Taekwondo Championships The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekw ...

include bronze medals in 1986 and 1990, a silver medal in 1994, gold medals in 1996 and 1998, and a silver medal in 2000.

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* 1966 births Living people Spanish female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Spain Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Spanish women {{Spain-taekwondo-bio-stub