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(Redirected from Joaquin Churchill) Chilean taekwondo practitioner (born 2002)

Joaquin Churchill
Personal information
Born17 October 2002 (2002-10-17) (age 22)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cancún 74 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 80 kg

Joaquin Churchill Martinez (born 17 October 2002) is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

He is from Puente Alto. He started taekwondo at the age of nine-years old. He is a member of Areté Sports Club and studied Physical Education at Andrés Bello University.

Career

He won bronze in the 74kg category at the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancún, Mexico in June 2021.

He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the -80kg. After recovering from an injury that ruled him out of action for three months, he was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, in the Men's Kyorugi team.

He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category.

References

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  3. "Joaquín Churchill, a Physical Education student, qualified for his first Olympic Games". unab.ci. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. "Mexico triumphs with 16 medals at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancun". gob.mx. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL: EVOLUCIÓN CONSTANTE". taekwondowtf.cl. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. Santibáñez, Felipe (25 October 2023). "A personal revenge and emotional dedications: The stories behind the Chileans who won medals in taekwondo". emol.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. "Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier". Infobae. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  8. "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL SE CONVIRTIÓ EN EL VIGÉSIMO CHILENO CLASIFICADO PARA PARÍS 2024". diariousach. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. "Joaquín Churchill became the twentieth Chilean to qualify for Paris 2024". radio.uchile.cl. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (9 August 2024). "Joaquín Churchill se despide con polémica en taekwondo de París 2024: su rival fue pifiado por público". biobiochile. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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