Javier Pérez (taekwondo)

Javier Pérez
Personal information
Birth nameJavier Pérez Polo
NationalitySpanish
Born (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 28)
San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportTaekwondo
Event68 kg
College team
  • IES Ortega y Gasset
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Manchester 68 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester (F) 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rabat 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Taiyuan 68 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 68 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sofia 68 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 68 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Innsbruck 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bukarest 63 kg

Javier Pérez Polo[a] (born 11 October 1996) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete.[1][2] He won the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in the Men's 68 kg weight category.[3]

He represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 68 kg weight category.

He won the gold medal in the men's 68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Tarragona 2018 INFO". results.tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Javier Pérez Polo arrasa para colgarse el oro en los -68 kg de taekwondo". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.


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