Juan Diego García López (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Mexican para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Mexico in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the 75kg event.[2] He also participated in the 2019 Parapan American Games, where he won a gold medal in the same category.[3]
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Full name | Juan Diego García López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Mexican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Culiacán, Sinaloa | 18 November 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Amelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | K44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ Ruiz, Elizabeth (3 September 2021). "Juan Diego García, el taekwondista que 'estrenó' la disciplina con un oro". Tec de Monterrey (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (3 September 2021). "Gjessing wins long-awaited Paralympic taekwondo gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "¿Quién es Juan Diego García, oro en taekwondo en los Juegos Paralímpicos?". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
External links
edit- Juan Diego Garcia Lopez at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 September 2021)
- Juan Diego Lopez Garcia at the International Paralympic Committee