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Mexican taekwondo practitioner
Edna Diaz
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Nationality
| Mexican
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Born
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1985-04-24
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24 April 1985
(age 39)
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Sport
| Taekwondo
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Edna Gisel Diaz
Acevedo
(born 24 April 1985) is a Mexican
taekwondo
practitioner,
psychologist
and
politician
.
She won a gold medal in lightweight at the
2005 World Taekwondo Championships
in
Madrid
, after defeating
Su Li-wen
in the final. She won a bronze medal at the 2010
Pan American Taekwondo Championships
.
[1]
Diaz studied at
Universidad del Valle de Mexico
and finished with a degree in psychology and a Master's degree in
sport management
.
[2]
She has been active in politics since 2015. In the 2018 federal elections in Mexico, she was elected as a candidate for federal deputation for District IX in Uruapan with the
Por Mexico al Frente alliance
. For 2021, the
PRI
,
PAN
and
PRD
named her a candidate for representation for the IX district of Uruapan with the
Va por Mexico alliance
.
[2]
She was re-elected and is president of the Commission for Climate Change and Sustainability.
[3]
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- 1987?1997:
?60 kg
- 1999?2007:
?63 kg
- 2009?present:
?62 kg
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