Carolena Carstens

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carstens and the second or maternal family name is Salceda.
Carolena Carstens
Personal information
Birth nameCarolena Jean Carstens Salceda
Born (1996-01-18) January 18, 1996 (age 28)
Winfield, Illinois, US
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 Kg
Sport
Country Panama
SportTaekwondo
Event-57 Kg
Medal record
Representing  Panama
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 57 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 57 kg
Updated on 15 August 2017

Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996, in Winfield, Illinois, United States) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,.[1] She used to live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.,[2] but has since moved to Spain.[3]

In 2011, Carstens participated at the Pan American Championships, where she won the silver medal in the youth -52 kg category, losing to the American Deireanne Morales in the final.[4] She subsequently took part in qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in November 2011, finishing fourth.[4] She later received one of four wild card entries for the Olympics as the 13th ranked athlete in the -49 kg category,[5] becoming the first Olympic taekwondo athlete from Panama, and the second youngest Olympian in the country's history.[6] She was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Olympics.[1] She lost her first contest 7–2 to an eventual finalist, Spaniard Brigitte Yagüe, and then lost her repechage fight to Mexican Jannet Alegría by the same score.[7]

She competed for Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was defeated by Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the first round.[8] She was the flag bearer for Panama during the closing ceremony.[9]

She competed in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

  1. ^ a b "Glen Ellyn teen fights for Panama in summer Olympics". Daily Herald. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ^ Schmid, Scott (July 24, 2012). "Youngest challenger and Glen Ellyn resident Carstens expects to medal". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  3. ^ Urieta, Yaissel (March 15, 2016). "Carolena Carstens se confiesa". La Prensa. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Profile at TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Cambodia, Mali, Panama, Yemen earn one wild card each for London Olympic Taekwondo Competition". WTF. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Carolena Carstens". Homeschool University. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  7. ^ "¡Carolena Carnstens dio lo último!". Mi Diario. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  9. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.