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.

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 {{Brazil-taekwondo-bio-stub