Brigitte Yagüe Enrique (born 15 March 1981 in

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) is a

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner from

. In 2004, Yagüe qualified for the Athens Olympics, winning over rival Belen Asensio in the –49 kg class at the Spanish Olympic Trials. There, she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 49kg competition by losing 5–9 to Yaowapa Boorapolchai of

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. In May 2008, she was named to a member of the Spain national taekwondo team and competed in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, and lost to Sumeyye Gulec of

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1–2 in the quarterfinals. In 2012, she won the silver medal at the

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in the women's 49kg competition. She lost the gold medal match by 1-8 to

Wu Jingyu Wu Jingyu (; born February 1, 1987) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games. Biography W ...

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. She is married to

Juan Antonio Ramos Juan Antonio Ramos Sánchez (born 18 August 1976 in Barcelona) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. He is a two-time world champion, winning the finweight title in 1997 and the flyweight title in 2007. He also competed for Spain at the ...

, a two-time taekwondo world champion. Both won flyweight gold in 2007 at Beijing.

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* 1981 births Spanish female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Spain Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Spain 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-taekwondo-bio-stub

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