Asunción Ocasio
Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Born
- 6 June 1987, Boston
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- taekwondo
- Occupation
- taekwondo athlete
Asunción Ocasio Rodríguez (born June 6, 1987) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. Ocasio qualified for the women's 67 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. She defeated Greece's Elisavet Mystakidou and Germany's Helena Fromm in the first two rounds, before losing out the semi-final match by a unanimous decision to Canada's Karine Sergerie, with a score of 0–2. Ocasio automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where she narrowly lost Puerto Rico's first ever medal at these Olympic games by Croatia's Sandra Šarić, with a final score of 1–5.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2004 | |
| 2006 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2006 | |
| 2008 Summer Olympics | 2008 | |
| 2010 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2010 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q4811887 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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