Gabriel Esparza
Gabriel Esparza Pérez[lower-alpha 1] (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 47) Pamplona, Navarre, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Esparza and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
References
- 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
- Gabriel Esparza at the International Olympic Committee
- Gabriel Esparza at the Olympic Channel
- Gabriel Esparza at Olympedia
- Gabriel Esparza at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Gabriel Esparza at TaekwondoData.com
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