Mariska Halinda (born 28 March 1994)[1][2] is an Indonesian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Games.

Mariska Halinda
Personal information
Born (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)
Sport
CountryIndonesia
SportTaekwondo
Weight class53 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Indonesia
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ashgabat 53 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ho Chi Minh City 53 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju 53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku 53 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam 57 kg

Career edit

Halinda competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea. In this competition she was eliminated in her first match by Samaneh Sheshpari of Iran. She represented Indonesia at the 2015 Summer Universiade held in Gwangju, South Korea where she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event.

At the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Pasay, Philippines, she failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as she was eliminated from the competition in her second match.

In 2017, Halinda won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the same year, she also competed in the women's bantamweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea. She was eliminated in her third match by Radwa Reda of Egypt. Later that year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[3][4]

In 2018, Halinda won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She also represented Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in the women's 53 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match by Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Pandemic does not Dampen Mariska Halinda's Passion to Win Olympic tickets". Tim Indonesia. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (19 September 2017). "South Korea and Iran share spoils on day two of Ashgabat 2017 taekwondo action". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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