Maria Andrade Teixeira (born 19 March 1993) is a Cape Verdean
taekwondo athlete.
She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
in the
women's 49 kg, where she lost to
Panipak Wongpattanakit in the preliminaries. She was the flag bearer for Cape Verde during the Parade of Nations and the closing ceremony.
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1993 births
Living people
Cape Verdean female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Cape Verde
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
African Taekwondo Championships medalists
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