PATU Press – Mexican Daniela Souza became the first athlete from America to win a taekwondo world championship in the women’s Flyweight division, a result achieved in Guadalajara 2022 during the tournament that took place at the Metropolitan Aquatic Center in November.
Her feat made her join a very select group of great legends of world taekwondo who have won at least one world championship in this division since the debut of women in this competition, held for the first time in Barcelona 1987.
Here is a review of the winners of this division in the 18 World Championships held in the last 35 years:
Barcelona 1987 (Fly -47kg)
Pai Yun-Yao – China Taipei
Seúl 1989 (Fly -47kg)
Woon Sun Yin – Corea del Sur
Atenas 1991 (Fly -47kg)
Arzu Tan – Turquía
New York 1993 (Fly -47kg)
You Su-mi – Corea del Sur
Manila 1995 (Fly -47kg)
Hamide Bıkçın – Turquía
Hong Kong 1997 (Fly -47kg)
Chi Shu-ju – China Taipei
Edmonton 1999 (Fly -51kg)
Chi Shu-ju – China Taipei
Jeju 2001 (Fly -51kg)
Lee Hye-young – Corea del Sur
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2003 (Fly -51kg)
Lee Ji-hye – Corea del Sur
Madrid 2005 (Fly -51kg)
Wang Yin – China
Beijing 2007 (Fly -51kg)
Brigitte Yagüe – España
Copenhaguen 2009 (Fly -49kg)
Brigitte Yagüe – España
Gyeongju 2011 (Fly – 49kg)
Wu Jingyu – China
Puebla 2013 – (Fly -49kg)
Chanatip Sonkham – Tailandia
Chelyabinsk 2015 – (Fly -49kg)
Min ah Ha – Corea del Sur
Muju 2017 (Fly -49kg)
Vanja Stanković – Serbia
Manchester 2019
Panipak Wongpattanakit – Tailandia
Guadalajara 2022 (Fly -49kg)
Daniela Souza – México
