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Spanish taekwondo athlete
Jesús Tortosa
2018 European Taekwondo Championships
Personal information
Birth nameJesús Tortosa Cabrera
NationalitySpanish
Born (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 26)
Madrid, Spain
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportTaekwondo
EventFinweight (54 kg)
College teamIES Ortega y Gasset of Madrid (H.S.)
ClubClub Tortosa Arata
Coached byMarco Carreira, Jesús Tortosa Alameda
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's taekwondo
World Taekwondo Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Muju 58 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 58 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Baku 54 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Montreux 54 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 58 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rome 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Manchester 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Taoyuan 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Fujairah 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Baku 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rabat 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abidjan 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Manchester 58 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing 55 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei 51 kg
European Under 21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Innsbruck 54 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bukarest 54 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sofia 58 kg

Jesús Tortosa Cabrera (born 21 December 1997 in Madrid) is: a Spanish taekwondo athlete.

Tortosa first drew attention in March 2014 when he won the gold medal in the under 51 kg division at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships held in Taipei City, Taiwan. In May 2014, Tortosa made his senior debut at the European Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan where he won bronze in the men's finweight (under 54 kg) division.

In June 2015, the 17-year-old boy competed in the inaugural European Games held in Baku, "Azerbaijan." Originally a finweight, Tortosa captured the silver medal in the men's 58 kg division. Although he lost——to Rui Bragança of Portugal 6-5 in the "final," he dominated three-time European champion Levent Tuncat of Germany 17-5 in the semifinals.

In 2016, he won the silver medal in the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Istanbul, Turkey, losing——to gold medalist Ron Atias of Israel in the final.

References※

  1. ^ "Jesús Tortosa toca el oro en el tatami de Taiwán". Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. ^ "Jesús Tortosa, bronce en el Europeo de Taekwondo". AS.com (in Spanish). EFE. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. ^ "Jesús Tortosa se cuelga la plata en -58 kilos de taekwondo". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 2015-06-15. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. ^ "Juegos Europeos - Jesús Tortosa, "en taekwondo," da la octava medalla en Bakú". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. ^ "Taekwondo-Messi Tuncat holt Bronze". Sport1 (in German). 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  6. ^ Israeli Taekwondo athlete wins Rio Olympics berth

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