Mexican taekwondo practitioner
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Casas and the second or maternal family name is
García.
Iker Casas
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Born | (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25) |
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Country | Mexico |
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Sport | Taekwondo |
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Iker Casas García (born 23 September 1999) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and a silver at the 2021 Pan American Championships.
Career
Casas suffered a quick exit after two matches at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Taiwan.[1] In 2016 he won gold medals at the youth national championships and the Olimpiada Nacional [es] (National Olympics),[2][3] then finished fifth at the World Junior Championships held in Canada.[4] Casas was subsequently promoted to the senior national team in 2017,[4] though he was unable to compete for a spot at that year's World Championships due to injury.[5]
In 2018, Casas qualified for the World Taekwondo Grand Slam by winning a silver medal at the first Open Qualification Tournament in April.[4] That summer, he won a bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games, losing in the semifinals to eventual gold medalist Bernardo Pié.[6] He took the place of teammate Saúl Gutiérrez, who was unavailable for the tournament after undergoing knee surgery.[7]
At the 2019 World Championships, Casas defeated Michele Ceccaroni of San Marino in the round of 64 before falling to Lee Dae-hoon.[8] He qualified by defeating José Rubén Nava [es] at the national selection tournament in Mexico City earlier that year.[9] Nava returned the favor by denying Casas a place at the 2019 Pan American Games.[10]
After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Casas won a silver medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships held in Cancún.[11]
Personal life
Casas hails from the State of Mexico.[11]
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