Paola Andrea Delgado Díaz (born January 21, 1980, in
Bogotá
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) is a Colombian
taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category. She claimed a bronze medal in the 59-kg division at the 2000 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in
Oranjestad, Aruba, and represented her nation
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
Delgado qualified for the Colombian squad in the
women's featherweight class (57 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens, by placing third and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Querétaro
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,
Mexico.
[ Delgado lost her opening fight by a 2–5 margin to Mexican fighter and eventual bronze medalist ]Iridia Salazar
Iridia Salazar Blanco (born June 14, 1982) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a bronze medal in the 57 kg class. . With Salazar failing to advance to the final upon her semifinal defeat to South Korea's Jang Ji-won, Delgado shortened her chances to proceed into the repechage bracket for the Olympic bronze medal.
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1980 births
Living people
Colombian female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Colombia
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bogotá
21st-century Colombian women
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