Ángel Román

Ángel Román
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Román Martínez
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1984-07-11) 11 July 1984 (age 40)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event80 kg

Ángel Román Martínez[a] (born July 11, 1984) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner[1] and mathematician who is a Postdoctoral Lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis.[2] Roman represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 80 kg class. He lost the first preliminary match to Canada's Sébastien Michaud, with a sudden death score of 1–2.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Román and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ángel Román". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ^ https://math.wustl.edu/people/angel-roman
  3. ^ "Men's 80kg (176 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 December 2012.


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