Jefferson Ochoa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ochoa and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Jefferson Ochoa
Personal information
Full nameJefferson Alfredo Ochoa Fernández
Born (1996-11-09) 9 November 1996 (age 28)
Santa Marta, Colombia[1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportTaekwondo
Weight class58 kg
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's taekwondo
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Championships 0 1 1
CAC Games 0 1 1
South American Games 0 0 1
Bolivarian Games 1 1 0
Total 1 3 3
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cancún 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Punta Cana 58 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla 58 kg
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción 58 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santa Marta 58 kg

Jefferson Ochoa Fernández (born 9 November 1996) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner.

In 2019, he competed in the men's flyweight at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.

He qualified at the 2020 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Heredia, Costa Rica to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He competed in the men's 58 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match.[3]

In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 58 kg event at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jefferson Ochoa". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ Etchells, Daniel (12 March 2020). "Eight remaining Tokyo 2020 places secured at Pan American Olympic taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ^ Palmer, Dan (7 June 2021). "Golden hauls for Mexico, US and Brazil at Pan American Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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