2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's middleweight

Women's middleweight
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueManchester Arena
Dates15–16 May 2019
Competitors30 from 30 nations
Medalists
gold medal Lee Da-bin   South Korea
silver medal María Espinoza   Mexico
bronze medal Marie-Paule Blé   France
bronze medal Nafia Kuş   Turkey
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2019 World Taekwondo Championships
MenWomen
Finweight54 kg46 kg
Flyweight58 kg49 kg
Bantamweight63 kg53 kg
Featherweight68 kg57 kg
Lightweight74 kg62 kg
Welterweight80 kg67 kg
Middleweight87 kg73 kg
Heavyweight+87 kg+73 kg
Main article: 2019 World Taekwondo Championships

The women's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 15 and 16 May.

Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 73 kilograms in body mass.

Espinoza, three times Olympic medalist faced twenty-two years old Lee Da-bin from South Korea in the final who had never competed in a World Championships before. A body shot for Lee gave her an early 2–0 lead. Espinoza responded with a punch but Lee scored few more points to finish the first round 7–1. Lee carried on where she left off at the start of the second to finish it 14–2. In the third round Lee maintained her intensity and landed a number of shots to the body and head shots to win her first ever World Championships 22–2.

Results

Final

Final
 Lee Da-bin (KOR) 22
 María Espinoza (MEX) 2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Milica Mandić (SRB) 8
 Sorn Seavmey (CAM) 5  Maristella Smiraglia (ITA) 3
 Maristella Smiraglia (ITA) 15  Milica Mandić (SRB) 5
 Marie-Paule Blé (FRA) 21  Marie-Paule Blé (FRA) 6
 Lui Yee Ting (HKG) 0  Marie-Paule Blé (FRA) 3
 Guo Yunfei (CHN) 7  Guo Yunfei (CHN) 2
 Iva Radoš (CRO) 3  Marie-Paule Blé (FRA) 10
 Karina Zhdanova (RUS) 6  Lee Da-bin (KOR) 15
 Paloma Lima (BRA) 3  Karina Zhdanova (RUS) 5
 Glenhis Hernández (CUB) 0  Lee Da-bin (KOR) 25
 Lee Da-bin (KOR) 21  Lee Da-bin (KOR) 28
 Reshmie Oogink (NED) 12  Rebecca McGowan (GBR) 2
 Souzanna Tomazou (CYP) 9  Reshmie Oogink (NED) 13
 Laura Ayala (COL) 3  Rebecca McGowan (GBR) 20
 Rebecca McGowan (GBR) 18

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA) 22
 Camila Orihuela (PER) 0  Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA) 10
 Evgenia Sarri (GRE) 11  Evgenia Sarri (GRE) 3
 Crystal Weekes (PUR) 9  Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA) 4
 Alema Hadžić (GER) 9  Nafia Kuş (TUR) 5
 Eliza Haugen (NOR) 11  Eliza Haugen (NOR) 0
 Hanna Stepanets (UKR) 1  Nafia Kuş (TUR) 5
 Nafia Kuş (TUR) 22  Nafia Kuş (TUR) 4
 Cansel Deniz (KAZ) 25  María Espinoza (MEX) 6
 Akram Khodabandeh (IRI) 20  Cansel Deniz (KAZ) 0
 Astan Bathily (CIV) 1  Cecilia Castro (ESP) 22
 Cecilia Castro (ESP) 6  Cecilia Castro (ESP) 5
 Nathalie Iliesco (CAN) 3  María Espinoza (MEX) 6
 Ma Ting-hsia (TPE) 6  Ma Ting-hsia (TPE) 4
 María Espinoza (MEX) 7

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