María del Rosario Espinoza
- Athlete
Sinaloan taekwondo athlete, Mexico’s most decorated Olympic athlete in the country’s history. Born in La Brecha, Guasave, in 1987, she won gold, bronze and silver across three consecutive Olympic Games.
Personal details
- Born
- November 29, 1987
- Birthplace
- La Brecha
Biography
María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza was born on 29 November 1987 in La Brecha, in the municipality of Guasave, Sinaloa. She began practicing taekwondo as a child and entered a high-performance training program at age twelve.
She became the only Mexican athlete to win three individual Olympic medals: gold at Beijing 2008, bronze at London 2012 and silver at Rio de Janeiro 2016, all in the over-67 kg division. She was also World Champion in 2007 and won gold at that year’s Pan American Games.
In 2007 she was named an Illustrious Citizen of Guasave. Since retiring from competition, announced in 2022, she has worked as a coach for Mexico’s para-taekwondo program, training new generations of athletes.
Associated places & entities
Related topics
- Sports
Sources and data
The information on this page comes from public sources.
- María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza — Nuestros Atletas — Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa
- Todo inició como un juego y se convirtió en tres medallas olímpicas: María del Rosario Espinoza — Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte
- María del Rosario Espinoza: el nuevo sueño de la multimedallista mexicana — International Olympic Committee