Saúl Gutiérrez Macedo (born 28 December 1992) 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. Gutiérrez first garnered attention in September 2014 when he won the gold medal in the bantamweight division (under 63 kg) at the Pan American Championships held in Aguascalientes, Mexico. In November 2014, Gutiérrez won another bantamweight gold at the

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held in

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. Gutiérrez competed in his first

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, where he won bronze by losing to two-time world champion

Joel González Joel González may refer to: * Joel González (taekwondo) (born 1989), Spanish taekwondo practitioner * Joel González (futsal player) (born 1994), Argentine-Chilean futsal player * Joel González Díaz (born 1965), Mexican politician {{hnd ...

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6:5 in the semifinals. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and failed to make it past the first round by losing to a competitor from Mongolia.

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* 1992 births Living people Mexican male taekwondo practitioners Sportspeople from Michoacán People from Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in taekwondo Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-taekwondo-bio-stub