Diego García (taekwondo)
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Diego García de Leon (born 2 February 1990 in Mexico City) is a Mexican taekwondo 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 ...
he was eliminated in the preliminary round by
Safwan Khalil Safwan Khalil (born 15 May 1986 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. He competed at the London Olympics in the 58 kg division, losing in a bronze medal match against Alexey Denisenko. Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, h ...
. He gave Mexico its second medal at the World University Taekwondo Championships, held in Hohhot, China, by winning bronze in the -58 kilogram category. In 2012, he also won silver medal during US Open held in Las Vegas.


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1990 births Living people Mexican male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Mexico City 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-taekwondo-bio-stub