Gabriel Esparza

For the Argentine footballer, see Gabriel Esparza (footballer).
Gabriel Esparza
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Esparza Pérez
Born31 March 1973 (1973-03-31) (age 51)
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Flyweight (−58 kg)
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Manila Bantamweight (−58 kg)
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens Flyweight (−54 kg)

Gabriel Esparza Pérez[a] (born 31 March 1973 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in 58 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] He won three consecutive European Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996.

Although many Spanish taekwondo athletes have won medals in international competitions, Esparza was the only Olympic medalist from Spain in taekwondo until the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Spain won three medals in taekwondo (one gold and two silver medals).


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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriel Esparza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.