Ana Carolina Moura from Minas Gerais won the gold medal in the under-65 kilos category at the Parataekwondo Grand Prix in Paris (France), held this Monday (5). Brazil won another five medals at the event, two silver and three bronze.
To reach the top of the podium, the Brazilian had to win three fights. In her debut, she beat the Turkish Secil Er, world champion last year, in Istanbul (Turkey). In the semifinal, she beat Britain’s Beth Munro. Finally, in the decision, Ana Carolina, who was third in the Turkish capital, surpassed the Danish Lisa Gjessing, four-time world champion and gold medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics (Japan) in 2021.
Speak up, Carol! ?
Our Paris GP champion in Parataekwondo @krolinamoura#Taekwondo #TaekwondoBrasil #CBTKD pic.twitter.com/4iA5v1A0aN
— CBTKD – Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation (@cbtkd) September 5, 2022
Current Paralympic champion, Nathan Torquato from São Paulo won silver in the under-63 kg category, defeated by Turkish Mahmut Bozteke. Vice in Japan and world champion last year, Silvana Fernandes from Paraíba also stopped at an athlete from Turkey. In the 57-kilogram final, she couldn’t resist Gamze Gurdal, whom she had twice surpassed in 2021, in Tokyo and Istanbul, finishing in second place at weight.
Two of Brazil’s bronze medals in Paris came in the under-52 kg category, with Cristhiane Neves (bronze at the Worlds) and Maria Eduarda Stumpf from Rio Grande do Sul. The other was won by Debora Menezes, from Paraná, who placed third in the Tokyo Paralympics, in the category over 65 kilos. In addition to the medalists, seven more fighters represented Brazil in the French capital.
