María Espinoza
Taekwondo practitioner
玛丽亚·埃斯皮诺萨 · マリア・エスピノサ · 마리아 에스피노사
- Born
- 27 November 1987, La Brecha
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Sport
- taekwondo
- Occupation
- taekwondo athlete
- Height
- 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 69 kg (152 lb)
María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza (born 27 November 1987) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.
Espinoza is one of the two women from Mexico who have won an Olympic gold medal, the other being Soraya Jiménez.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's +67 kg | ||
| 2007 World Taekwondo Championships | 2007 | |
| 2010 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2010 | |
| taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's +67 kg | 2012 | |
| 2014 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2014 | |
| 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2016 | |
| taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics | 2016 | |
| 2017 World Taekwondo Championships | 2017 | |
| 2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2018 | |
| 2019 World Taekwondo Championships | 2019 | |
| 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | 2021 |
Awards and honours
- Premio Nacional del Deporte 2021
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q257472 (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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