Juan Antonio Ramos Sánchez (born 18 August 1976 in

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) is a Spanish

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practitioner. He is a two-time world champion, winning the finweight title in

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and the flyweight title in

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. He also competed for Spain at the

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and

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, finishing fourth and equal fifth respectively.Olympic results
/ref> He is married to Brigitte Yagüe, also successful in taekwondo. He was a coach at the

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for

Anthony Obame Anthony Obame Mylann (born 10 September 1988 in Libreville, Gabon) is a taekwondo practitioner who represented Gabon at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Obame is currently coached by former two-time world champion Juan Antonio Ramos. ...

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, where Obame won Silver medal in men's heavyweight. Now Ramos is the French national team coach.

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Spanish male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Spain Sportspeople from Barcelona 1976 births Living people World Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-taekwondo-bio-stub