Adriana Cerezo

Adriana Cerezo Iglesias[lower-alpha 1] (born 24 November 2003) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete who won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan/[1][2]

Adriana Cerezo
Personal information
Full nameAdriana Cerezo Iglesias
Born (2003-11-24) 24 November 2003
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
EventFlyweight
ClubHankuk International School
Coached byJesús Ramal
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo49 kg
World Championships
2023 Baku−49 kg
Grand Prix
2022 Rome49 kg
2023 Rome49 kg
2023 Paris49 kg
2023 Manchester (F)49 kg
2022 Manchester49 kg
2022 Riyadh (F)49 kg
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska49 kg
European Championships
2021 Sofia49 kg
2024 Belgrade49 kg
2022 Manchester49 kg
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran49 kg
European U21 Championships
2019 Helsingborg49 kg
2022 Tirana49 kg
European Junior Championships
2019 Marina D'Or49 kg
Updated on 10 December 2023

Career

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

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerezo and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

References
  1. "Adriana Cerezo". www.hankuk.es. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. Kim, Chang-ran (24 July 2021). "Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets, Thai flyweight queen nabs gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con sólo 17 años; Adrián Vicente, plata en Bulgaria". MARCA (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con 17 años". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.


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