Rosana Simón

Rosana Simón
Personal information
Full nameRosana Simón Álamo
Born (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 35)
Los Llanos de Aridane, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Height180 cm (71 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Copenhagen Heavyweight[1]
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gyeongju Heavyweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Saint Petersburg Heavyweight[2]
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Bonn Heavyweight[3]
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin +67 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Women's +73kg

Rosana Simón Álamo (born 11 July 1989) is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

She won the gold medal in the heavyweight division (+73 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the gold medal match, Simón beat Liu Rui of China 6–4, landing a game-leading 3-point kick to the head against the Chinese opponent and knocking her down with 15 seconds left in the final round.

References

  1. ^ "Natália Falavigna é bronze no Mundial de taekwondo da Dinamarca" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ "Taekwondo - 2010 European Taekwondo Championships". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  3. ^ "Winners of the first day at the European Taekwondo Championships 2006". European Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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