Carolena Carstens
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda |
| Born |
January 18, 1996 Winfield, Illinois, US |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 49 Kg |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Panama |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event(s) | -49 Kg |
| Updated on 1 August 2012. | |
Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996 in Winfield, Illinois, USA) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,[1] and currently lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.[2]
In 2011, Carstens participated at the Pan American Championships, where she won the silver medal in the youth -52 kg category, losing to the American Deireanne Morales in the final.[3] She subsequently took part in qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in November 2011, finishing fourth.[3] She later received one of four wild card entries for the Olympics as the 13th ranked athlete in the -49 kg category,[4] becoming the first Olympic taekwondo athlete from Panama, and the second youngest Olympian in the country's history.[5] She was the youngest taekwondo athlete at the 2012 Olympics.[1] She lost her first contest 7–2 to an eventual finalist, Spaniard Brigitte Yagüe, and then lost her repechage fight to Mexican Jannet Alegría by the same score.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Glen Ellyn teen fights for Panama in summer Olympics". Daily Herald. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ Schmid, Scott (July 24, 2012). "Youngest challenger and Glen Ellyn resident Carstens expects to medal". The Associated Press. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- 1 2 "Profile at TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "Cambodia, Mali, Panama, Yemen earn one wild card each for London Olympic Taekwondo Competition". WTF. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "Carolena Carstens". Homeschool University. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "¡Carolena Carnstens dio lo último!". Mi Diario. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.