Heiner Oviedo (born 28 December 1988, in

San José San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to: *San Jose, California, United States *San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to: Places Argentina * San José, Buenos Aires ** San ...

) is a

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

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. He competed in the 58 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and was eliminated in the preliminary round by

Aleksey Denisenko Alexey Alexeyevich Denisenko (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Денисенко; born 30 August 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 58 kg division and a silver at the 2016 Ri ...

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1988 births Living people Costa Rican male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Costa Rica Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Costa Rica Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica 21st-century Costa Rican people {{Taekwondo-bio-stub