Nicolás García

Nicolás García

Personal information

Surname:

Nicolás García Hemme

Nationality:

Spain

Birthday:

June 20, 1988

Medals

Olympic games
silver	London 2012	up to 80 kg
World championships
silver	Copenhagen 2009	up to 80 kg
European championships
silver	Rome 2008	up to 80 kg
bronze	Manchester 2012	up to 80 kg

Nicolás García Hemme (born June 20, 1988 ) is a Spanish Taekwondoin . It starts in the weight class up to 80 kilograms.

García became Junior European Champion in Baku in 2005 . In the adult field, he won his first medal at the 2008 European Championships in Rome , where he reached the final and won silver. He also won silver the following year at the World Cup in Copenhagen , García only lost in the final against Steven Lopez . He won another medal with bronze at the 2012 European Championships in Manchester .

In January 2012, García won the decisive battle for third place at the European Olympic qualification tournament in Kazan in the weight class up to 80 kilograms and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There he won the silver medal, losing just 0: 1 points in the final against the Argentinian Sebastián Crismanich .

Web links

Nicolás García on the TaekwondoData .com website

personal data
SURNAME	García, Nicolás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	García Hemme, Nicolás (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spanish taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1988