Jannet Alegría Peña (born August 30, 1987, in

San Juan del Río San Juan del Río is a city (2010 census pop. 241,699) and administration of the surrounding San Juan del Río Municipality (pop. 308,462) in the central Mexican state of Querétaro. The population within the municipality is 268,408 as of 2015 ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

) is a Mexican

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. In 2011, she participated at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

where she won the bronze medal at the -49 kg category. Later in 2012 she qualified directly to participate at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, making her Olympic debut.Athlete biography: Jannet Alegría Peña
, www.london2012.com, ret: July 26, 2012 She beat Raya Hatahet in her first match, before losing to Brigitte Yagüe in the quarter-final. In the repechage, she beat

Carolena Carstens Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996, in Winfield, Illinois, United States) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,. She used to live ...

, before losing her bronze medal match to

Lucija Zaninović Lucija Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split, Croatia, Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Ana Zaninović. Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2010 Europ ...

in sudden death overtime.

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