Joaquín Churchill
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| Full name | Joaquín Andrés Churchill Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 2002 (age 23)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joaquín Andrés Churchill Martínez[2][a] (born 17 October 2002) is a Chilean taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
He is from Puente Alto. He started taekwondo at the age of nine-years old. He is a member of Areté Sports Club and studied Physical Education at Andrés Bello University.[3][4]
Career
He won bronze in the 74kg category at the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancún, Mexico in June 2021.[5]
He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the -80kg. After recovering from an injury that ruled him out of action for three months, he was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, in the Men's Kyorugi team.[3][6][7]
He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024.[8][9][10]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category.[11][12]
He defeated CJ Nickolas in the final of the -80kg at the 2025 Dutch Open.[13]
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Churchill and the second or maternal family name is Martinez.
References
- ^ "Joaquin Churchill". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Team Chile.
Joaquín Andrés Churchill Martínez. 17-10-2002. Categoría -80 Kilos.
- ^ a b Cardenas Poblete, Analia (7 May 2024). "Sharp kicks and Olympic dreams: The rise of Joaquin Churchill". doble-espacio. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Joaquín Churchill, a Physical Education student, qualified for his first Olympic Games". unab.ci. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Mexico triumphs with 16 medals at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Cancun". gob.mx. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL: EVOLUCIÓN CONSTANTE". taekwondowtf.cl. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Santibáñez, Felipe (25 October 2023). "A personal revenge and emotional dedications: The stories behind the Chileans who won medals in taekwondo". emol.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier". Infobae. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "JOAQUÍN CHURCHILL SE CONVIRTIÓ EN EL VIGÉSIMO CHILENO CLASIFICADO PARA PARÍS 2024". diariousach. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Joaquín Churchill became the twentieth Chilean to qualify for Paris 2024". radio.uchile.cl. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (9 August 2024). "Joaquín Churchill se despide con polémica en taekwondo de París 2024: su rival fue pifiado por público". biobiochile. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "CHURCHILL MARTINEZ Joaquin". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. (alternate link)
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 March 2025). "Big names shine at Dutch Open Taekwondo". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
External links
- Joaquin Churchill profile at World Taekwondo
- Joaquin Churchill Martinez ranking at World Taekwondo
- Joaquin Churchill Martinez at TaekwondoData.com
- Joaquin Churchill Martinez at Olympics.com
- Joaquín Churchill at InterSportStats
- Joaquín Churchill on Instagram