Nationality: | Cuban |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1990 |
Birth Place: | Havana |
Country: | |
Sport: | Taekwondo |
Event: | Middleweight (-73 kg) |
Updated: | 28 November 2014 |
Glenhis Hernández (born 7 October 1990 in Havana) is a taekwondo practitioner from Cuba.[1] She was the 2013 World Champion in middleweight.
Hernández won her preliminary round match against Wiam Dislam 2–1. She beat Maryna Konieva 4–2 in the quarterfinals. She lost to Anne-Caroline Graffe 4–6 in the semi-final of table A. She lost again to Maria del Rosario Espinoza 2–4 in the contest for bronze medal B.
At the 2013 World Championships in Puebla, Hernández achieved the high point of her career by winning the gold medal. In the final match she beat her Korean opponent Lee In-jong 5–1.