Lineo Mochesane (born 29 July 1984) is a female
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
taekwondo athlete.
She won her first international gold medal in the women's finweight division (-47 kg) at the 2003 All-African championships.
Mochesan was the flag bearer for Lesotho during the Opening Ceremony of the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. She competed in the
women's 49 kg class in the taekwondo tournament at the Olympics but lost in the first round to
Austria's
Nevena Lukic.
After the Olympics, Mochesan had limited success. In 2006, she won silver in women's finweight at the World Military Taekwondo Championships in
Seoul,
South Korea.
External links
* Profile fro
Sports-Reference
1984 births
Living people
Lesotho female taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Lesotho
African Games bronze medalists for Lesotho
African Games medalists in taekwondo
Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
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