Gladys Mora

Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (born July 31, 1980 in Barranquila) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.[1] She is a two-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.[2] She also won a bronze medal for the 51 kg class at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia.[3]

Gladys Mora
Personal information
Full nameGladys Alicia Mora Romero
Nationality Colombia
Born (1980-07-31) 31 July 1980
Barranquilla, Colombia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena 51 kg

Mora made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's flyweight category (49 kg). She first defeated Indonesia's Juana Wangsa Putri by a superiority decision in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her next match to Chinese Taipei's Chen Shih-Hsin, with a sudden death score of 0–1. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Mora took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Nepal's Sangina Baidya and Guatemala's Euda Carías. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Thailand's Yaowapa Boorapolchai, with a score of 1–2.[4][5][6]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Mora qualified for the second time in the women's 49 kg class, after winning the championship title from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.[7] Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to another Chinese Taipei taekwondo practitioner Yang Shu-Chun, with a score of 0–(-1).[8][9]

References
  1. "Gladys Mora". 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  2. "Taekwondo: Olympian Charlotte Craig Wins Gold Medal at Pan American Championships". Team USA. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. "Cuba, Dominicana y Venezuela ganan últimos oros en el torneo de taekwondo" [Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela finally win golds in taekwondo tournament] (in Spanish). Globo Vision. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. "Taekwondo – Women's Flyweight (49kg/108lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. "Juana Wangsa Putri Menangis Setelah Tersingkir" [Juana Wangsa Putri burst to tears after elimination] (in Indonesian). Tempo. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. "Taiwan enjoy double gold". BBC Sport. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  7. "WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia". World Taekwondo Federation. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  8. "Women's 49kg (108 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. Staff (21 August 2008). "Chu wins bronze, Yang misses out". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2013.


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