Idulio Islas

Idulio Islas
Personal information
Full name Idulio Islas Gómez
Nationality  Mexico
Born (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987
Morelos, Mexico
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) 68 kg
Coached by Reinaldo Salazar

Idulio Islas Gómez (born January 16, 1987 in Morelos)[1] is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.[2] He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, and bronze at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.[3][4]

Islas qualified for the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.[5] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match by a superiority decision to Nigeria's Isah Adam Muhammad, after the pair had tied 2–2.[6]

References

  1. Idulio Islas, al Mundial de Puebla 2013
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Idulio Islas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. "Mexicano Idulio Islas ganó la medalla de Plata en Mundial de Taekwondo" [Mexico's Idulio Islas won the silver medal in world taekwondo] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "Krause reaches quarterfinals of World University Games". Team USA. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. "WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia". World Taekwondo Federation. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. "Men's 68kg (150 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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