Adriana Cerezo

Adriana Cerezo Iglesias^{[lower-alpha 1]} (born 24 November 2003 in Alcalá de Henares) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete who won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[1][2]

Adriana Cerezo

Personal information
Full name	Adriana Cerezo Iglesias
Born	(2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 20) Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	Flyweight
Club	Hankuk International School
Coached by	Jesús Ramal
Medal record Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 49 kg World Championships 2023 Baku −49 kg Grand Prix 2022 Rome 49 kg 2023 Rome 49 kg 2023 Paris 49 kg 2023 Manchester (F) 49 kg 2022 Manchester 49 kg 2022 Riyadh (F) 49 kg European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 49 kg European Championships 2021 Sofia 49 kg 2024 Belgrade 49 kg 2022 Manchester 49 kg Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 49 kg European U21 Championships 2019 Helsingborg 49 kg 2022 Tirana 49 kg European Junior Championships 2019 Marina D'Or 49 kg
Updated on 10 December 2023

Career

She won the gold medal in her debut at the European Taekwondo Championships, at only 17 years old.^[3][4] A month later, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, where she ended up in second place, earning a silver medal.

She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[5] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[6]

In 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Taekwondo Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerezo and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

References

1. "Adriana Cerezo". www.hankuk.es. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. Kim, Chang-ran (24 July 2021). "Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets, Thai flyweight queen nabs gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
3. "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con sólo 17 años; Adrián Vicente, plata en Bulgaria". MARCA (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con 17 años". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
6. Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

External links

• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias profile at World Taekwondo
• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias ranking at World Taekwondo
• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at TaekwondoData.com
• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at Olympics.com
• Adriana Cerezo at Olympedia
• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
• Adriana Cerezo Iglesias at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)