Carlos Rúben Navarro Valdez (born 8 May 1996) is a Mexican

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 ...

athlete. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, in the men's 58 kg. In 2019, he competed in the men's bantamweight event at the

2019 World Taekwondo Championships The 2019 World Taekwondo Championships was the 24th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Great Britain from 15 to 19 May 2019. This was the first time the UK has held the event. Medal ...

in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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* 1996 births Living people Mexican male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Ciudad Juárez 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-taekwondo-bio-stub