Jefferson Ochoa Fernández (born 9 November 1996) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.
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| Full name | Jefferson Alfredo Ochoa Fernández | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1996 Santa Marta, Colombia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2019, he competed in the men's flyweight at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
He qualified at the 2020 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Heredia, Costa Rica to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He competed in the men's 58 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match.[3]
In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 58 kg event at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Jefferson Ochoa". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (12 March 2020). "Eight remaining Tokyo 2020 places secured at Pan American Olympic taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (7 June 2021). "Golden hauls for Mexico, US and Brazil at Pan American Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
External links edit
- Jefferson Ochoa at TaekwondoData.com
- Jefferson Ochoa at Olympedia
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