Adriana Cerezo Iglesias[a] (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 (age 20)
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
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku −49 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rome 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester (F) 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Riyadh (F) 49 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sofia 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester 49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 49 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Helsingborg 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marina D'Or 49 kg
Updated on 10 December 2023.

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]

See also edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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.

External links edit