Jesús Tortosa Explained

Birth Name:Jesús Tortosa Cabrera
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:21 December 1997
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Country:Spain
Sport:Taekwondo
Event:Finweight (54 kg)
Collegeteam:IES Ortega y Gasset of Madrid (H.S.)
Club:Club Tortosa Arata
Coach:Marco Carreira, Jesús Tortosa Alameda
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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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] Although he lost to Rui Bragança of Portugal 6-5 in the final,[4] he dominated three-time European champion Levent Tuncat of Germany 17-5 in the semifinals.[5]

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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jesús Tortosa toca el oro en el tatami de Taiwán. Avance Deportivo. es. 2015-06-20.
  2. News: Jesús Tortosa, bronce en el Europeo de Taekwondo. EFE. AS.com. es. 2014-05-01. 2015-06-20.
  3. News: Jesús Tortosa se cuelga la plata en -58 kilos de taekwondo . Yahoo Eurosport ES . EFE . es . 2015-06-15 . 2015-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620115516/https://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/noticias/jes%C3%BAs-tortosa-cuelga-plata-58-kilos-taekwondo-192324278--oly.html . 2015-06-20 .
  4. News: Juegos Europeos - Jesús Tortosa, en taekwondo, da la octava medalla en Bakú. Yahoo Eurosport ES. EFE. es. 2015-06-15. 2015-06-20.
  5. News: Taekwondo-Messi Tuncat holt Bronze. Sport1 . de. 2015-06-15. 2015-06-20.
  6. http://www.israel21c.org/taekwondo-athlete-wins-rio-olympics-berth/ Israeli Taekwondo athlete wins Rio Olympics berth