Maria Clara Pacheco
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| Birth name | Maria Clara Pacheco Lima | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 2002[1] Baixada Santista | ||||||||||||||
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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
She was born in Baixada Santista, in São Paulo, but moved to São Caetano do Sul in 2021.[2]
Career
She won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm-el-Sheikh in 2017.[2][3]
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.[4] In doing so, she became only Brazilian to have won medals in Taekwondo World Championships in both the senior and cadet levels.[2]
References
- ^ "Maria Clara Pacheco". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 9 April 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.
- ^ "Taekwondo World Cup: Maria Clara Pacheco is bronze, and Brazil takes 1st medal". Globo. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.