Gabriel Esparza

Gabriel Esparza Pérez[lower-alpha 1] (born 31 March 1973 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in 58 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] He won three consecutive European Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996.

For the Argentine footballer, see Gabriel Esparza (footballer).
Gabriel Esparza
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Esparza Pérez
Born31 March 1973 (1973-03-31) (age 50)
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Medal record
Men’s taekwondo
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Flyweight (−58 kg)
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 ManilaBantamweight (−58 kg)
Bronze medal – third place1991 AthensFlyweight (−54 kg)

Although many Spanish taekwondo athletes have won medals in international competitions, Esparza was the only Olympic medalist from Spain in taekwondo until the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Spain won three medals in taekwondo (one gold and two silver medals).

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Esparza and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriel Esparza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.


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