Joaquín Churchill

Joaquin Churchill
Personal information
Born17 October 2002 (2002-10-17) (age 22)[1]
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cancún 74 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 80 kg

Joaquin Churchill Martinez (born 17 October 2002) is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

He is from Puente Alto. He started taekwondo at the age of nine-years old. He is a member of Areté Sports Club and studied Physical Education at Andrés Bello University.[2][3]

Career

He won bronze in the 74kg category at the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancún, Mexico in June 2021.[4]

He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the -80kg. After recovering from an injury that ruled him out of action for three months, he was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, in the Men's Kyorugi team.[2][5][6]

He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024.[7][8][9]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Joaquin Churchill". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cardenas Poblete, Analia (7 May 2024). "Sharp kicks and Olympic dreams: The rise of Joaquin Churchill". doble-espacio. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Joaquín Churchill, a Physical Education student, qualified for his first Olympic Games". unab.ci. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Mexico triumphs with 16 medals at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancun". gob.mx. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. ^ "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL: EVOLUCIÓN CONSTANTE". taekwondowtf.cl. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ Santibáñez, Felipe (25 October 2023). "A personal revenge and emotional dedications: The stories behind the Chileans who won medals in taekwondo". emol.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier". Infobae. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  8. ^ "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL SE CONVIRTIÓ EN EL VIGÉSIMO CHILENO CLASIFICADO PARA PARÍS 2024". diariousach. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Joaquín Churchill became the twentieth Chilean to qualify for Paris 2024". radio.uchile.cl. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. ^ Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (9 August 2024). "Joaquín Churchill se despide con polémica en taekwondo de París 2024: su rival fue pifiado por público". biobiochile. Retrieved 9 August 2024.