Pauline Lopez

Pauline Louise Lopez (born 17 August 1996)[1] is a Filipino taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Games and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games.

Pauline Lopez
Personal information
Full namePauline Louise Lopez
Born (1996-08-17) 17 August 1996
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2015 Singapore 57 kg
2019 Manila 57 kg
2013 Naypyidaw 53 kg
2017 Kuala Lumpur 62 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta 57 kg
Asian Taekwondo Championships
2016 Pasay 57 kg
Asian Youth Games
2013 Nanjing 55 kg

Career

She competed in the women's 46 kg event at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. She was eliminated in her second match by Dana Haidar of Jordan.

In 2013, she competed in the women's bantamweight event at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships held in Puebla, Mexico. She won her first match against Yeny Contreras of Chile and also her next match against Ivett Gonda of Hungary but she was then eliminated from the competition by Janike Lai of Norway. A month later she won the gold medal in the girls' 55 kg event at the 2013 Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China. In the final she defeated Fariza Aldangorova of Kazakhstan.

In the women's 57 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea she was eliminated in her first match by Wang Yun of China. In 2015, she competed in the women's bantamweight event at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia where she was eliminated in her second match by Indra Craen of Belgium.

In 2016, she failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics after losing her match against Phannapa Harnsujin of Thailand at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2][3] In 2016, she did win the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.[4]

In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1][5] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[6][2]

References
  1. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. Palmer, Dan (7 January 2020). "Lopez eyes Olympic taekwondo redemption at Asian Qualification Tournament". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. "After falling short, jin Pauline Lopez more motivated than ever to pursue Olympic dream". spin.ph. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "Day 3 Results" (PDF). 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. "China claims first taekwondo gold at Asiad". China.org.cn. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. Ganglani, Naveen (16 February 2020). "Tokyo 2020: Who's Olympic taekwondo hopeful Pauline Lopez?". Rappler. Retrieved 9 June 2020.


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