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Adriana Cerezo

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Adriana Cerezo
Cerezo in 2021
Personal information
Full nameAdriana Cerezo Iglesias
Born (2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 22)
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event
Flyweight
ClubHankuk International School
Coached byJesús Ramal
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Baku−49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Sofia49 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Belgrade49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Munich49 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-Małopolska49 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2022 Rome49 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Rome49 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Paris49 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Manchester (F)49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Riyadh (F)49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Oran49 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Helsingborg49 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Tirana49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Marina D'Or49 kg
Updated on 14 May 2026

Adriana Cerezo Iglesias[a] (born 24 November 2003 in Alcalá de Henares) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete. A two-time Olympian, she won the silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Career

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In 2021, Cerezo won the gold medal in her debut at the European Taekwondo Championships, at only 17 years old.[1][2] A month later, she qualified through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]

In the Women's 49 kg event in Tokyo, Cerezo defeated two-time Olympic gold medallist Wu Jingyu on her way to the final. In the final itself, Cerezo was leading with seven seconds remaining in the contest, before opponent Panipak Wongpattanakit scored two points, resulting in Panipak winning gold and Cerezo finishing second for the silver medal.[4]

In 2022, Cerezo won a bronze medal at the European Championships held in Manchester in May of that year. In June's Grand Prix in Rome, Cerezo won her first gold in that event, beating Croatia's Bruna Duvančić in the final.[5] Cerezo won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria in July.[6]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[7]

In 2024, Cerezo won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Taekwondo Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She beat Merve Dinçel of Turkey in the final for her second gold medal in the competition after her initial success in 2021.[8] Later in the year, she took part in the Olympics for the second time. Cerezo missed the medals after losing in the quarterfinals to Mobina Nematzadeh.[9]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cerezo and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

References

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  1. ↑ Rivera, Almudena (8 April 2021). "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con sólo 17 años; Adrián Vicente, plata en Bulgaria". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Adriana Cerezo, campeona de Europa con 17 años". AS.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "European Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games" (PDF). World Taekwondo. 7 May 2021. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Kim, Chang-ran (24 July 2021). "Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets, Thai flyweight queen nabs gold". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Noguera, Jorge (10 June 2022). "Un oro para que Adriana Cerezo "siga enchufada"". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Sancho, Albert (9 May 2024). "Adriana Cerezo está preparada: campeona de Europa ante Dincel". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Rivera, Almudena (7 August 2024). "Adrián Vicente, a una victoria del bronce en un día amargo para Adriana Cerezo". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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