Jesús Tortosa

Jesús Tortosa
Personal information
Birth name Jesús Tortosa Cabrera
Nationality Spanish
Born (1997-12-21) December 21, 1997
Madrid, Spain
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Finweight (54 kg)
College team IES Ortega y Gasset of Madrid (H.S.)
Club Club Tortosa Arata
Coached by Marco Carreira, Jesús Tortosa Alameda

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 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]

References

  1. "Jesús Tortosa toca el oro en el tatami de Taiwán". Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. "Jesús Tortosa, bronce en el Europeo de Taekwondo". AS.com (in Spanish). EFE. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. "Jesús Tortosa se cuelga la plata en -58 kilos de taekwondo". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. "Juegos Europeos - Jesús Tortosa, en taekwondo, da la octava medalla en Bakú". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. "Taekwondo-Messi Tuncat holt Bronze". Sport1 (in German). 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-20.

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