Miguel Trejos

Miguel Ángel Trejos Salas
Personal information
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)
Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's Taekwondo
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 1
Pan American Games 1 1 1
Pan American Championships 0 1 3
CAC Games 1 0 0
South American Games 2 0 0
Bolivarian Games 2 0 0
Total 6 2 5
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 80 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 68 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cancún 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Querétaro 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Spokane 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rio de Janeiro 80 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador 80 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 80 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 80 kg

Miguel Trejos (born April 18, 1996) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.[1] He and boxer Yeni Arias were the flag bearers for the Colombian delegation at the 2023 Pan American Games Parade of Nations.[2]

Career

He competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima and won a gold medal.[3] He returned for the 2023 edition in Santiago to defend his title, but lost in the final and earned a silver medal.[4]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
Representing  Colombia
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 3rd 68 kg
2016 Pan American Championships Querétaro, Mexico 3rd 68 kg
2017 Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia 1st 68 kg
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st 80 kg
Pan American Championships Spokane, United States 3rd 74 kg
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st 80 kg
2021 Pan American Championships Cancún, Mexico 2nd 80 kg
2022 Bolivarian Games Valledupar, Colombia 1st 80 kg
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 1st 80 kg
2023 World Championships Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd 80 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 80 kg
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 2nd 80 kg
2024 Pan American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 80 kg

References

  1. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  2. ^ "Jenny Arias y Miguel Ángel Trejos, abanderados de Colombia para Santiago 2023 – Comité Olímpico Colombiano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  3. ^ Colprensa (2019-07-29). "Miguel Trejos, un oro grande en el taekwondo de Lima-2019". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  4. ^ Guerrero, Julián Campos (2023-10-22). "Miguel Ángel Trejos se colgó la medalla de plata en taekwondo, en los Juegos Panamericanos". Caracol Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-04.