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Gabriel Esparza

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Gabriel Esparza Pérez (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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gabriel Esparza is the 3,421st most popular athlete (up from 4,296th in 2024), the 2,542nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 2,940th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Spanish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gabriel Esparza ranks 3,421 out of 6,025. Before him are Sandra Sánchez, Dragoș Neagu, Julia Simon, Tomasz Majewski, Gabriela Koukalová, and Jill Scott. After him are Patrice Lhotellier, Bert Cameron, Hugues Obry, Arturo Barrios, Enrique Míguez, and Charlie Spedding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Gabriel Esparza ranks 763. Before him are Tomasz Sikora, Satoru Kobayashi, Scott Stapp, Fredrik Norrena, Erin Daniels, and Scott Storch. After him are Madlib, Hugues Obry, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Andrey Merzlikin, Greg Vaughan, and Gorazd Štangelj.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gabriel Esparza ranks 2,542 out of 3,355. Before him are Isabel Fernández (1972), Susana Díaz (1974), Ernesto Pérez (1970), Oihan Sancet (2000), Sandra Sánchez (1981), and Joan Horrach (1974). After him are Javi Navarro (1974), Fernando Arcega (1960), Mikel San José (1989), Enrique Míguez (1966), Nacho Vigalondo (1977), and Jordi Calafat (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Spain

Among athletes born in Spain, Gabriel Esparza ranks 32. Before him are Jesús Rollán (1968), María Vasco (1975), Jordi Sans (1965), Natalia Rodríguez (1979), and Sandra Sánchez (1981). After him are Enrique Míguez (1966), Jordi Calafat (1968), Marta Domínguez (1975), Natalia Dorado (1967), Virginia Ramírez (1964), Javier García (1966), and Sandra Azón (1973).

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