Jesús Tortosa

Jesús Tortosa
2018 European Taekwondo Championships
Personal information
Full nameJesús Tortosa Cabrera
Born (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997
Madrid, Spain
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportTaekwondo
EventFinweight (54 kg)
College teamIES Ortega y Gasset of Madrid (H.S.)
ClubClub Tortosa Arata
Coached byMarco Carreira, Jesús Tortosa Alameda
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Spain
World Taekwondo Championships
2017 Muju 58 kg
European Games
2015 Baku 58 kg
European Championships
2014 Baku 54 kg
2016 Montreux 54 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona 58 kg
Grand Prix
2019 Rome 58 kg
2015 Manchester 58 kg
2018 Taoyuan 58 kg
2018 Fujairah 58 kg
2016 Baku 58 kg
2017 Moscow 58 kg
2017 Rabat 58 kg
2017 London 58 kg
2017 Abidjan 58 kg
2018 Manchester 58 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing 55 kg
World Junior Championships
2014 Taipei 51 kg
European Under 21 Championships
2014 Innsbruck 54 kg
2015 Bukarest 54 kg
2017 Sofia 58 kg

Jesús Tortosa Cabrera[a] (born 21 December 1997 in Madrid) is a Spanish taekwondo athlete.

Tortosa first drew attention in March 2014 when he won the gold medal in the under 51 kg division at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships held in Taipei City, Taiwan.[1] In May 2014, Tortosa made his senior debut at the European Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan where he won bronze in the men's finweight (under 54 kg) division.[2]

In June 2015, the 17-year-old boy competed in the inaugural European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Originally a finweight, Tortosa captured the silver medal in the men's 58 kg division.[3] Although he lost to Rui Bragança of Portugal 6-5 in the final,[4] he dominated three-time European champion Levent Tuncat of Germany 17-5 in the semifinals.[5]

In 2016, he won the silver medal in the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Istanbul, Turkey, losing to gold medalist Ron Atias of Israel in the final.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tortosa and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.

References

  1. ^ "Jesús Tortosa toca el oro en el tatami de Taiwán". Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Jesús Tortosa, bronce en el Europeo de Taekwondo". AS.com (in Spanish). EFE. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Jesús Tortosa se cuelga la plata en -58 kilos de taekwondo". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Juegos Europeos - Jesús Tortosa, en taekwondo, da la octava medalla en Bakú". Yahoo Eurosport ES (in Spanish). EFE. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Taekwondo-Messi Tuncat holt Bronze". Sport1 (in German). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Israeli Taekwondo athlete wins Rio Olympics berth". israel21c.org.


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