Maikol Rodriguez

Maikol Rodriguez is an American taekwondo practitioner. He was a silver medalist at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games and a bronze medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.^[1]

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, defeated in the final by Cristián Olivero.^[2]^[3]^[4] The following month, he placed second in the -68kg division at the WT President's Cup America in Lima, Peru.^[5]

In October 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China in the men's featherweight division, losing in the semifinals to Seong Yu-hyeon of South Korea, 2–1 in a tight third round.^[6]^[7]^[8]

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