Mell Karen Mina Ayoví (born 23 October 2002)[1] is an Ecuadorian taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's 67 kg event at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.[2] She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia.
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| Full name | Mell Karen Mina Ayoví | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2019, Mina competed in the women's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3] In 2020, she competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Heredia, Costa Rica hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Mina won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[4] A few months later, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5]
In 2023, she competed in the women's lightweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was eliminated in her first match.
References
edit- ^ "Mell Karen Mina Ayoví". 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Taekwondo Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (4 May 2022). "Pié earns home gold for hosts at Pan American Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Mundial de Taekwondo Guadalajara 2022: todos los latinos y españoles participantes". Olympics.com (in Spanish). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
External links
edit- Mell Karen MINA AYOVI at TaekwondoData.com
- Mell K. MINA A. at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
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