Eva Calvo (taekwondo)

Eva Calvo
Calvo at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Eva Calvo Gómez
Nationality Spanish
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991
Leganés, Spain
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
Country Spain
Sport Taekwondo
Club Club Sanchez Elez[2]
Coached by Jose Maria Martin[2]
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro57 kg
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk57 kg
2013 Puebla57 kg
Grand Prix
2013 Manchester57 kg
2014 Suzhou57 kg
2014 Astana57 kg
2014 Manchester57 kg
2014 Querétaro57 kg
2014 Manchester57 kg
2014 Mexico City57 kg
European Games
2015 Baku57 kg
European Championships
2014 Baku57 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin57 kg
Universiade
2011 Shenzen62 kg
European U21 Championships
2010 Kharkiv62 kg

Eva Calvo Gómez (born 29 July 1991) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 57 kg division. She was the European champion in 2014 and won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics.[1] In 2015, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the Spanish National Taekwondo Federation.[2]

Calvo first trained in athletics and took up taekwondo in 2006, aged 15. Her younger sister Marta Calvo also competes internationally, but in the heavier 62 kg division. Calvo studies computer engineering and mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eva Calvo Gómez Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Eva Calvo Gómez. nbcolympics.com


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