Daniela Paola Souza Naranjo

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This is Daniela Souza, gold winner in the Taekwondo World Cup

Who is Daniela Souza, the Mexican who won gold at the World

Taekwondo Championships?

Daniela Souza won the gold medal for Mexico at the Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo

Championships by beating China's Guo Qing 2-1 in the 49 kilogram category. In this way, the

Tijuana native completes the first global tournament in which our country obtains two gold medals.
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Who is?

Daniela Souza was born in Tijuana, Baja California, on August 27, 1999 and for much of her
career she has dedicated herself to Taekwondo, a discipline that has left her, in addition to the
gold medal in the World Cup, the following achievements:

● Gold Medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru 2019 (-49 kg Category)
● Gold Medal at the Pan American Championships in Cancun, Mexico 2021 (-49 kg
Category)
● Gold Medal at the Pan American Championships in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2022 (-49 kg Category)

Who has won a medal in the World Cup?

Mexico is one of the countries with the greatest presence in this sport and since 1979 they have
already won six Taekwondo titles, including Daniela Souza, the most recent figure in the category.
These are all the athletes who have won the highest medal of the World Championship:
● Óscar Mendiola Cruz – Stuttgart Alemania, 1979
● Edna Díaz Acevedo – Madrid, España 2005
● María del Rosario Espinoza – Beijing China 2007
● Uriel Adriano Avigdor – Puebla, Mexico 2013
● Leslie Soltero – Guadalajara, México 2022
● Daniela Souza- Guadalajara, México 2022

How was Daniela Souza's victory in Guadalajara? For the gold medal, Daniela faced the
Chinese Qing Gou, current Asian champion, whom she defeated 2 rounds by 1 (4-3, 8-4 and 8-2);
But during the third round in which everything was decided, the fight experienced some technical
problems, however the Mexican made clear her hegemony in a category.
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