Adriana Cerezo
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| Full name | Adriana Cerezo Iglesias | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 2003 Alcalá de Henares, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hankuk International School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jesús Ramal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adriana Cerezo Iglesias[a] (born 24 November 2003 in Alcalá de Henares) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete who won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2]
Career
[edit]She won the gold medal in her debut at the European Taekwondo Championships, at only 17 years old.[3][4] A month later, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, where she ended up in second place, earning a silver medal.
She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6]
In 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Taekwondo Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerezo and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.
References
[edit]- ^ "Adriana Cerezo". www.hankuk.es. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Kim, Chang-ran (24 July 2021). "Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets, Thai flyweight queen nabs gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con sólo 17 años; Adrián Vicente, plata en Bulgaria". MARCA (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con 17 años". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias profile at World Taekwondo
- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias ranking at World Taekwondo
- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at TaekwondoData.com
- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at Olympics.com
- Adriana Cerezo at Olympedia
- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)
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- 2003 births
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- Spanish female taekwondo practitioners
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
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- Sportspeople from Alcalá de Henares
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Spain
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
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- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Spain
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