Pauline Lopez

Pauline Louise Lopez (born 17 August 1996)[1] is a Filipino taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Games and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games.

Pauline Lopez
Personal information
Full namePauline Louise Lopez
Born (1996-08-17) 17 August 1996
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Manila 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Naypyidaw 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 62 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 57 kg
Asian Taekwondo Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Pasay 57 kg
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nanjing 55 kg

Career

Lopez competed in the women's 46 kg event at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.[2] She was eliminated in her second match by Dana Haidar of Jordan.[2] The following year, she competed in the women's finweight event at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea where she was eliminated in her first match.

In 2013, Lopez competed in the women's bantamweight event at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships held in Puebla, Mexico. She won her first match against Yeny Contreras of Chile and also her next match against Ivett Gonda of Hungary but she was then eliminated from the competition by Janike Lai of Norway. A month later, she won the gold medal in the girls' 55 kg event at the 2013 Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China. In the final she defeated Fariza Aldangorova of Kazakhstan. In the women's 57 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea she was eliminated in her first match by Wang Yun of China.

In 2015, Lopez competed in the women's bantamweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia where she was eliminated in her second match by Indra Craen of Belgium.[3]

In 2016, Lopez failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics after losing her match against Phannapa Harnsujin of Thailand at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held at the Marriot Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.[4][5] A few days later, she did win the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships held in the same location.[6]

Lopez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1][7] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.[4][8]

In 2021, Lopez competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Amman, Jordan hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won her first match and she was then eliminated in her second match by Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon.

References
  1. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Women's 46 kg – Bracket". 2010 Asian Games – MasTKD. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. "Results Book" (PDF). 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. Palmer, Dan (7 January 2020). "Lopez eyes Olympic taekwondo redemption at Asian Qualification Tournament". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. "After falling short, jin Pauline Lopez more motivated than ever to pursue Olympic dream". spin.ph. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. "Day 3 Results" (PDF). 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. "China claims first taekwondo gold at Asiad". China.org.cn. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. Ganglani, Naveen (16 February 2020). "Tokyo 2020: Who's Olympic taekwondo hopeful Pauline Lopez?". Rappler. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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