Brigitte Yagüe

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Brigitte Yagüe
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Finweight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Beijing Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2009 Copenhagen Flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2001 Jeju Flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2005 Madrid Flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gyeongju Flyweight

Brigitte Yagüe Enrique (born March 15, 1981 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) is a taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

In 2004, Yagüe qualified for the Athens Olympics, winning over rival Belen Asensio in the –49 kg class at the Spanish Olympic Trials. There, she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 49kg competition by losing 5–9 to Yaowapa Boorapolchai of Thailand.

In May 2008, she was named to a member of the Spain national taekwondo team and competed in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, and lost to Sumeyye Gulec of Germany 1–2 in the quarterfinals.

In 2012, she won the silver medal at the London Olympics in the women's 49kg competition. She lost the gold medal match by 1-8 to Wu Jingyu of China.

She is married to Juan Antonio Ramos, a two-time taekwondo world champion. Both won flyweight gold in 2007 at Beijing.

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References[]

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Yagüe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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