Leslie Soltero
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| Full name | Leslie Xcaret Soltero García | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 67 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leslie Xcaret Soltero García[a] (born 30 April 2001) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1][2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
Soltero won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 67 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico.
Soltero won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[3][4]
She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[5]
Soltero competed at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soltero and the second or maternal family name is García.
References
[edit]- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (16 November 2022). "Soltero wins world title on home soil as Chaari and Khodabakhshi triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Day 2 in Guadalajara Proves Golden for Belgium, Serbia and Mexico". World Taekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (27 November 2021). "United States take three of four taekwondo gold medals on day two of Cali 2021". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Leslie Xcaret Soltero García". 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (4 May 2022). "Pié earns home gold for hosts at Pan American Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
External links
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Media related to Leslie Soltero at Wikimedia Commons- Leslie Soltero profile at World Taekwondo
- Leslie Soltero ranking at World Taekwondo
- Leslie Soltero at TaekwondoData.com
- Leslie Soltero at Olympedia
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- Living people
- 2001 births
- Mexican female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Pan American Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
- 21st-century Mexican women