Jon GarcÃa
Jon García Aguado ( born September 22, 1977 in Durango ) is a Spanish Taekwondo. It starts in the weight category up to 87 kilograms.
Garcia played his first international title fights at the European Championships 1998 in Eindhoven, where he was eliminated in the class up to 84 kg in the second round. He won the middleweight in the following years numerous medals. At the 2000 European Championships in Patras, he won silver in 2002 in Samsun bronze. In addition, he could also win at the 2001 World Championships in Jeju -si with bronze his first World Championship medal. García took part in Athens at the 2004 Olympic Games. In the class over 80 pounds, it moved into the quarter-finals, but it lost to the later Olympic medalist Moon Dae -sung. After another defeat in the hope round, he finished third in the final standings in seventh.
Successfully ran the year 2005. García was in Riga in the class up to 84 kg with a final victory over Bahri Tanrikulu first time European champions. On the way home World Cup in Madrid, he also reached the final, won after a defeat by Oh Seon- taek, however silver. The following year, Garcia defended his European title in Bonn from the previous owner. In the final, he sat down again against Tanrikulu. He took part in his second Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but different this time early after a defeat against Akmal Ergashev from.
Also in the following years won more international medals García. At the European Championships 2010 in Saint Petersburg and the 2011 World Championships in Gyeongju, he moved in the class up to 87 kg semi-finals. After defeats to Carlo Molfetta and Youssef Karami he won a bronze medal.