Maicon de Andrade Siqueira (born 9 January 1993)
is a
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 ...
competitor from
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. He won bronze medals in both the
2015 Summer Universiade )
, Nations participating = 143
, Athletes participating = 12,885
, Events = 272 in 21 sports
, Opening ceremony =
, Closing ceremony =
, Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye
, Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young
, Judge's Oath = ...
and the
2016 Summer Olympics, being the first Brazilian man to get an Olympic medal in that sport - and second overall after
Natália Falavigna.
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References
1993 births
Living people
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Brazil
Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
Brazilian male taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
People from Ribeirão das Neves
Universiade medalists in taekwondo
Universiade silver medalists for Brazil
Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
21st-century Brazilian people
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