Heidy Marleny Juárez Guzmán (born May 14, 1977 in
Los Angeles
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) is a Guatemalan
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...
practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. She picked up a total of eight medals in her career, including a silver from the
2007 Pan American Games
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in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a bronze from the
1995 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1995 World Taekwondo Championships were the 12th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Manila, Philippines from November 17 to November 21, 1995, with 598 athletes participating from 77 countries.
Medal summary
Men
...
in
Manila, Philippines
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, and finished fourth in the 67-kg division at the
2004 Summer Olympics, narrowly missing a chance to become Guatemala's first ever Olympic medalist in history.
Juarez qualified for the Guatemalan squad in the
women's welterweight class (67 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, by placing second behind Puerto Rico's
Ineabelle Díaz
Ineabelle Díaz Santana (born January 4, 1974, in Río Piedras) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. She picked up a total of ten medals in her career, including two from the World Taekwondo ...
and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Querétaro,
Mexico
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. She opened her match with a superb 7–0 victory over Australia's
Caroline Bartasek, before dropping a 4–6 decision to the local favorite
Elisavet Mystakidou
Elisavet "Elli" Mystakidou ( el, Ελλη Μυστακίδου; born 14 August 1977 in Giannitsa) is a Greek taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she earned a silver medal in t ...
of Greece by the powerful commotion of the home crowd in the quarterfinals. In the repechage rounds, Juarez came strong from her premature exit to edge New Zealand's
Verina Wihongi 4–1, and then yielded her revenge over Puerto Rican fighter
Ineabelle Díaz
Ineabelle Díaz Santana (born January 4, 1974, in Río Piedras) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. She picked up a total of ten medals in her career, including two from the World Taekwondo ...
for a 5–2 victory to mount a chance for Guatemala's first ever Olympic medal, but she failed to salvage it in a 2–5 defeat to South Korea's
Hwang Kyung-seon.
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At the ]2007 Pan American Games
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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Juarez improved her feat from a fourth-place Olympic finish by picking up a silver medal in the women's 67-kg division, losing the final 2–8 to Canada's Karine Sergerie
Karine Sergerie (born February 1, 1985) is the 2007 world champion in women's lightweight (under 63 kg) taekwondo. She is Canada's first female world champion in the sport.
Biography
Sergerie was born in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada ...
.
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1977 births
Living people
Guatemalan female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Guatemala
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
Pan American Games gold medalists for Guatemala
Pan American Games silver medalists for Guatemala
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 1999 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Guatemala City
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
20th-century Guatemalan women
21st-century Guatemalan women
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