Mónica Torres 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. She won a silver medal in finweight at the

1987 World Taekwondo Championships The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries. Medal summary Men Women ...

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, after being defeated by Jang Eu-suk in the final. She won a silver medal in finweight at the

1989 World Taekwondo Championships The 1989 World Taekwondo Championships were the 9th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from October 9 to October 14, 1989, with 446 athletes participating from 59 countries. Medal summary Men Wom ...

, after being defeated by Chin Yu-fang in the final. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medal in 1990.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mexican female taekwondo practitioners World Taekwondo Championships medalists Pan American Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Mexican women {{Mexico-taekwondo-bio-stub