Brigitte Yagüe

Brigitte Yagüe
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2012 London 49 kg
World Championships
2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Finweight
2007 Beijing Flyweight
2009 Copenhagen Flyweight
2001 Jeju Flyweight
2005 Madrid Flyweight
2011 Gyeongju Flyweight

Brigitte Yagüe Enrique (born March 15, 1981 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

In 2004, Yagüe qualified for the Athens Olympics, winning over rival Belen Asensio in the –49 kg class at the Spanish Olympic Trials. However, in Athens she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 49kg competition by losing 5–9 to Yaowapa Boorapolchai of Thailand.

In May 2008, she was named to a member of the Spain national taekwondo team and competed in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, but she lost to Sumeyye Gulec of Germany 1–2 in the quarterfinals.

In 2012, she won the silver medal at the London Olympics in the women's 49kg competition. She lost the gold medal match by 1-8 to Wu Jingyu of China.

She is married to Juan Antonio Ramos, also successful in taekwondo.

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