Nicolás García Hemme (born 20 June 1988 in
Las Palmas
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,
Canary Islands) is a
Spanish
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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 ...
athlete.
He won the silver medal in the men's welterweight (80 kg) division at the
2009 World Taekwondo Championships in
Copenhagen
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. Three years later, he won the silver medal in
men's welterweight (80 kg) division at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo
External links
Olympic profilelondon2012.com
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1988 births
Spanish male taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Spain
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Living people
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
20th-century Spanish people
21st-century Spanish people
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