Jefferson Ochoa Explained

Jefferson Ochoa
Full Name:Jefferson Alfredo Ochoa Fernández
Birth Date:1996 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Santa Marta, Colombia[1]
Height:1.76m (05.77feet)
Weight:58kg (128lb)
Sport:Taekwondo
Weight Class:58 kg

Jefferson Ochoa Fernández (born 9 November 1996) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jefferson Ochoa. Tokyo 2020. 24 July 2021.
  2. News: Etchells. Daniel. 12 March 2020. Eight remaining Tokyo 2020 places secured at Pan American Olympic taekwondo qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 24 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Taekwondo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812122137/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TKW/OG2020-_TKW_B99_TKW-------------------------------.pdf. 12 August 2021. 24 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  4. News: Palmer. Dan. 7 June 2021. Golden hauls for Mexico, US and Brazil at Pan American Taekwondo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 24 July 2021.