Maria Clara Pacheco
.jpg) Maria Clara Pacheco in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Maria Clara Pacheco Lima | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 2003[1] São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Clara Pacheco (born 16 July 2003) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
Early life
[edit]She was born in São Vicente[2], in São Paulo, but moved to São Caetano do Sul in 2021.[3]
Career
[edit]She won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm-el-Sheikh in 2017.[3][4]
2023 was her first season competing in senior taekwondo. She made her Grand Priz series debut that year in Paris where she reached the quarterfinals.[5]
She won the bronze medal in the Women's featherweight at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, losing to eventual winner Luana Márton in the semi-final.[6][7] In doing so, she became only Brazilian to have won medals in Taekwondo World Championships in both the senior and cadet levels.[3]
In October 2023, she was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.[8] She also won a bronze in the team event at the games.[9]
In April 2024, competing at the regional Olympic qualifying event in Dominican Republic, she won a place at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Clara Pacheco". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Maria Clara Pacheco se destaca no taekwondo e sonha com Jogos Olímpicos de 2024". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Gentile, Gabriel (16 June 2023). "Maria Clara Pacheco evaluates campaign at the Taekwondo World Cup". olimpiadatododia. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (25 August 2017). "Mansour wins home Egyptian gold at World Taekwondo Cadet Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Felix, Wesley (2 September 2023). "Maria Clara Pacheco falls into the quarterfinals in her first Grand Prix". olimpiadatododia. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo World Cup: Maria Clara Pacheco is bronze, and Brazil takes 1st medal". Globo. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Maria Clara Pacheco é bronze no Mundial de Taekwondo". Vejaariquemes. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Pan 2023: Maria Clara Pacheco wins silver, and Lucas Ostapiv is bronze in taekwondo". Globo. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Brazil: Rebeca Andrade triumphs at Pan American Games in table jumping". Agencia Brasil. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Maria Clara Pacheco guarantees place in the Paris Olympics in taekwondo". Globo.com. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Sportspeople from São Vicente, São Paulo
- Brazilian female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics