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Elena Benítez

Spanish taekwondo athlete

Born
26 October 1966, Paris
Citizenship
Spain
Sport
taekwondo
Occupation
taekwondo athlete
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
67 kg (148 lb)

Elena Benítez (born 26 October 1966) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. She was born in Málaga. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She won a gold medal in welterweight at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships, by defeating by Mirjam Müskens in the final. Her achievements at the European Taekwondo Championships include bronze medals in 1986 and 1990, a silver medal in 1994, gold medals in 1996 and 1998, and a silver medal in 2000.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1989 World Taekwondo Championships1989
1990 European Taekwondo Championships1990
2000 Summer Olympics2000

External links

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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