Gladys Mora

Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (born July 31, 1980, in Barranquilla) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.^[1] She is a two-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.^[2] She also won a bronze medal for the 51 kg class at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia.^[3]

Gladys Mora

Personal information
Full name	Gladys Alicia Mora Romero
Nationality	Colombia
Citizenship	Colombian, American
Born	(1980-07-31) 31 July 1980 (age 44) Barranquilla, Colombia
Education	Psychologist degree and Master degree in Human resources
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	49 kg
Coached by	Yolman sanchez
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Athens 2004. semifinals.
National finals	from 1999 to 2012
Highest world ranking	9th
Medal record 4th place Athens 2004. Olympic diploma. 9th place Beijing 2008 1rs place panamerican taekwondo championship. Argentina 2006. 1rs place panamerican qualification championship. Cali Colombia 2007. Qualified to the olympics Beijing 2008. Special recognition athlete off the year 2004. Winner. Multiple times panamerican medalist. National champion 1999 to 2012. 5th place word championship. France 2003. Women's taekwondo Representing  Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena 51 kg

Mora made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's flyweight category (49 kg). She first defeated Indonesia's Juana Wangsa Putri by a superiority decision in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her next match to Chinese Taipei's Chen Shih-Hsin, with a sudden death score of 0–1. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Mora took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Nepal's Sangina Baidya and Guatemala's Euda Carías. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Thailand's Yaowapa Boorapolchai, with a score of 1–2.^[4][5][6]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Mora qualified for the second time in the women's 49 kg class, after winning the championship title from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.^[7] Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to another Chinese Taipei taekwondo practitioner Yang Shu-Chun, with a score of 0–(-1).^[8][9]

References

1. "Gladys Mora". 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
2. "Taekwondo: Olympian Charlotte Craig Wins Gold Medal at Pan American Championships". Team USA. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
3. "Cuba, Dominicana y Venezuela ganan últimos oros en el torneo de taekwondo" [Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela finally win golds in taekwondo tournament] (in Spanish). Globo Vision. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
4. "Taekwondo – Women's Flyweight (49kg/108lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
5. "Juana Wangsa Putri Menangis Setelah Tersingkir" [Juana Wangsa Putri burst to tears after elimination] (in Indonesian). Tempo. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
6. "Taiwan enjoy double gold". BBC Sport. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
7. "WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia". World Taekwondo Federation. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
8. "Women's 49kg (108 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
9. Staff (21 August 2008). "Chu wins bronze, Yang misses out". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

External links

• Gladys Mora at TaekwondoData.com
• NBC Olympics Profile

Results

Medal count

	gold	Silver	Bronze	PAR	Σ
Olympic Games				2	2
World Championships				4	4
Olympic Games qualification World				2	2
Student World Championships				1	1
Continental Tournaments	2	1	3	2	8
Open Tournaments	1	3	1		5

Results international

	result	year	tournament	city	weight	category
	PAR	1999	World Championships	Edmonton	-51	senior		10.00	0
	3.	2002	Pan American Championships	Quito	-51	senior		10.00	3
	PAR	2003	Olympic Games qualification World	Paris	-49	senior		7.00	0
	3.	2004	Olympic Games qualification Pan America	Querétaro	-49	senior		10.00	9
	PAR	2004	Olympic Games	Athen	-49	senior		20.00	15
	PAR	2004	Pan American Championships	Santo Domingo	-51	senior		6.00	0
	PAR	2005	World Championships	Madrid	-51	senior		10.00	5
	3.	2006	US Open	Dallas, Texas	-51	senior		3.00	0
	PAR	2006	Student World Championships	Valencia	-51	senior		2.00	0
	1.	2006	Pan American Championships	Buenes Aires	-51	senior		30.00	12
	2.	2007	US Open	Orlando	-51	senior		5.00	0
	PAR	2007	World Championships	Peking	-51	senior		10.00	5
	PAR	2007	Pan Am Games	Rio de Janeiro	-49	senior		6.00	3
	PAR	2007	Olympic Games qualification World	Manchester	-49	senior		7.00	3
	1.	2007	Olympic Games qualification Pan America	Cali	-49	senior		30.00	3
	2.	2008	Spanish Open	Alicante	-51	senior		5.00	0
	2.	2008	Austrian Open	Innsbruck	-51	senior		5.00	0
	PAR	2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	-49	senior		20.00	0
	2.	2008	Pan American Championships	Cagus	-51	senior		20.00	6
	1.	2009	Costa Rica Open	Cartago	-53	senior		7.00	0
	PAR	2009	World Championships	Kopenhagen	-53	senior		10.00	0
	3.	2012	Pan American Championships	Sucre	-53	senior		10.00	6

Olympic Games qualification Pan America, Querétaro -49 senior
3rd place Fight			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	4	:	0	SOLANO, Johana
1/08-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	2	:	0	SEGURA MOORE, Barbara
1/04-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	2	:	0	CONTRERAS LOYOLA, Yeny
1/02-Finale			GONDA, Ivett	4	:	1	MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia
Olympic Games, Athen -49 senior
3rd place Fight			BOORAPOLCHAI, Yaowapa	2	:	1	MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia
1/08-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	2	:	2	WANGSA PUTRI, Juana
1/04-Trostrunde			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	5	:	1	BAIDYA, Sangina
1/04-Finale			CHEN, Shih-Hsin	1	:	0	MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia
1/02-Trostrunde			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	2	:	0	CARIAS MORALES, Euda Maria

Pan American Championships, Buenes Aires -51 senior Trainer / Coaches: SALAZAR MOLINA, Reynaldo (Headcoach) SANCHEZ, Yolman (coach) FORERO, Rene (Assistantcoach)
1/08-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	10	:	3	SEPULVEDA, Lorena
1/04-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	7	:	0	DIEZ CANSECO VERDE, Lizbeth Julissa
1/02-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	10	:	4	DeVITO, Simone
1/01-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	7	:	6	GUACARE, Gladys

Pan American Championships, Cagus -51 senior
1/16-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	7	:	0	COTO VARGAS, Nancy
1/02-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	5	:	0	TURCOTTE, Annie-Pier
1/01-Finale			CRAIG, Charlotte	1	:	0	MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia

Pan American Championships, Sucre -53 senior
1/08-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	4	:	2	STAMBAUGH, Victoria
1/04-Finale			MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia	8	:	1	GUADALUPE, Katherine
1/02-Finale			DeVITO, Simone	5	:	4	MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia