Rosana Simón

Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Gold 2009 Copenhagen Heavyweight[1]
Bronze 2011 Gyeongju Heavyweight
European Championships
Gold 2010 Saint Petersburg Heavyweight[2]
Bronze 2006 Bonn Heavyweight[3]

Rosana Simón Álamo (born July 11, 1989 in Los Llanos de Aridane, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands) is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

She won the gold medal in the heavyweight division (+73 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the gold medal match, Simón beat Liu Rui of China 6-4, landing a game-leading 3-point kick to the head against the Chinese opponent and knocking her down with 15 seconds left in the final round.

References

  1. ^ "Natália Falavigna é bronze no Mundial de taekwondo da Dinamarca" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. http://esporte.uol.com.br/lutas/taekwondo/2009/10/19/ult7633u1.jhtm. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
  2. ^ "Taekwondo - 2010 European Taekwondo Championships". The-Sports.org. http://www.the-sports.org/taekwondo-european-taekwondo-championships-2010-results-women-s21-c0-b0-g90-t4071-u279-v0.html#109523. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 
  3. ^ "Winners of the first day at the European Taekwondo Championships 2006". European Taekwondo Union. http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMBonn06.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-20.