Jesús Tortosa Cabrera (born 21 December 1997 in

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) is a Spanish

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athlete. Tortosa first drew attention in March 2014 when he won the gold medal in the under 51 kg division at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships held in

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. In May 2014, Tortosa made his senior debut at the

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where he won bronze in the men's finweight (under 54 kg) division. In June 2015, the 17-year-old boy competed in the inaugural European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Originally a finweight, Tortosa captured the silver medal in the men's 58 kg division. Although he lost to Rui Bragança of

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6-5 in the final, he dominated three-time European champion Levent Tuncat of

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17-5 in the semifinals. In 2016, he won the silver medal in the

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, in

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, Turkey, losing to gold medalist Ron Atias of

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in the final.

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