Gabriel Esparza Pérez[a] (born 31 March 1973 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in 58 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] He won three consecutive European Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996.
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| Full name | Gabriel Esparza Pérez | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1973 (age 51) Pamplona, Navarre, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Although many Spanish taekwondo athletes have won medals in international competitions, Esparza was the only Olympic medalist from Spain in taekwondo until the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Spain won three medals in taekwondo (one gold and two silver medals).
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Esparza and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriel Esparza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
External links
edit- Gabriel Esparza at Olympics.com
- Gabriel Esparza at Olympedia (archive)
- Gabriel Esparza at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Gabriel Esparza at TaekwondoData.com
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