Marta Calvo Gómez (born 29 August 1996) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 62 kg division.[1] She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships on the women's lightweight category[2] and later became the vice champion of Europe after she won the silver medal at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championships also in the 62 kg (lightweight) category.[3][4] Her sister, Eva Calvo, is also a taekwondo competitor who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

Marta Calvo
Personal information
Full nameMarta Calvo Gómez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 28)
Leganés, Spain
Sport
CountrySpain
SportTaekwondo
Event62 kg (lightweight)
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Chelyabinsk 62 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Abidjan 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rome 57 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kazan 62 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 57 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju 62 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Innsbruck 62 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Porto 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Pafos 55 kg

References

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  1. ^ "Marta Calvo Gómez – Federación Española de Artes Marciales y Deportes de Contacto". www.deamydc.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  2. ^ "Turkey bags Euro taekwondo gold, 2 silver medals in Russia". DailySabah. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  3. ^ Office, Etu Media. "World Taekwondo Europe - Taekwondo reached its zenith in Maksim Khramtcov's performance– WTE European Championships Kazan 2018". worldtaekwondoeurope.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  5. ^ Kidd, Dave (2016-08-19). "Jade Jones wins Olympic gold to defend London 2012 title". mirror. Retrieved 2018-05-16.