Asunción Ocasio

Asunción Ocasio Rodríguez (born June 6, 1987) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner.[1] Ocasio qualified for the women's 67 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.[2] She defeated Greece's Elisavet Mystakidou and Germany's Helena Fromm in the first two rounds, before losing out the semi-final match by a unanimous decision to Canada's Karine Sergerie, with a score of 0–2.[3][4] Ocasio automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where she narrowly lost Puerto Rico's first ever medal at these Olympic games by Croatia's Sandra Šarić, with a final score of 1–5.[5][6]

Asunción Ocasio
Personal information
Full nameAsunción Ocasio Rodríguez
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1987-06-06) 6 June 1987
Boston, Massachusetts
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)67 kg

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Asunción Ocasio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. "WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia". World Taekwondo Federation. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. "Women's 67kg (148 lbs) Semifinals". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  4. Huff, Bob (23 August 2008). "Silver doesn't satisfy Sergerie". Montreal Gazette. Canada.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. "Women's 67kg (148 lbs) Bronze Medal". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. "Epangue and Saric win bronzes in Women's 67kg taekwondo". SINA. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2012.


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