Daniela Souza
Mexican taekwondo athlete
达妮埃拉·索萨 · 다니엘라 소우사
Daniela Paola Souza Naranjo (born 27 August 1999) is a Mexican taekwondo athlete of combat or kyorugi modality. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She has won bronze at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in 2016, the gold medal at the Barranquilla Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018 and at the 2019 Pan American Games in the –49 kg category.
She participated in the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, reaching the quarterfinals of the flyweight tournament. After advancing on a first-round bye, she defeated Bouma Coulibaly from Ivory Coast and Avishag Semberg of Israel before falling to two-time Olympic gold medalist Wu Jingyu.
She was born in Zapopan, but considers Tijuana her hometown.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – women's 49 kg | 1st place (gold) | |
| taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics | 11th place | |
| 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2021 | |
| 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2022 | |
| 2022 World Taekwondo Championships | 2022 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q65965341 (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.