Belén Asensio

Female, Person

1976 –

91

Who is Belén Asensio?

Belén Asensio is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

She won the gold medal in the finweight class at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Asensio won the gold medal again in finweight at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, defeating Sümeyye Gülec of Germany 4-2 in the semifinal and You Eun-Young of South Korea 4-1 in the final.

She is also a two-time European Champion in 2000 and 2006. However, she has not qualified for any of the past three Olympics, losing her spot for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics to Spanish rival Brigitte Yagüe at the Spanish Olympic trials.

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Born
Dec 21, 1976
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  • Belen Asensio

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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