Ícaro Miguel Soares
Personal information
Full nameÍcaro Miguel Martins Soares
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
University teamUniversidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's taekwondo
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Manchester87 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 80 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Cancún87 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Punta Cana87 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Spokane87 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 87 kg

Ícaro Miguel Martins Soares (born April 29, 1995) is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships on the men's heavyweights.[1]

He represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Career

Icaro suffered a domestic accident at the age of six, when he lost 90% of the vision in his right eye. Disability does not prevented him from developing as a fighter, to the point of becoming one of the top athletes in the world.[5]

At the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, Ícaro was eliminated on his debut by Chinese Jintao Liu. The Brazilian had an advantage in the first two rounds (13 to 9), but suffered a comeback in the last two and ended up defeated 19 to 17.[6]

At the 2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Spokane, USA, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg category. [7]

At the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom, Ícaro achieved a historic result by reaching the final and obtaining the silver medal.[8][9]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he reached the final, but was defeated by Miguel Angel Trejo (19-17) and took the silver medal in the under 80 kg category.[10]

In April 2020, Ícaro became the leader of the world rankings in the under-87kg category. Furthermore, he came to occupy fourth position in the Olympic category up to 80kg. He was the first Brazilian taekwondist ever to top the world rankings.[11]

At the 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico, Ícaro won his first title in the -87 kg category. [12][13]

Ícaro participated in the 2020 Olympic Games, being eliminated in the first round.[14]

At the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Ícaro won his second title in the tournament by obtaining the gold medal in the 87 kg category.[15]

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay, he won the gold medal in the +80kg category.[16]

At the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, Ícaro, despite having won silver in the previous World Championship in the under-87kg category and being leader of the Olympic ranking in the heavyweight category, lost in his debut to Abolfazl Abbasi Pouya, from Iran.[17]

Ícaro is the first Latin American to remain at the top of the world rankings for a long time: he spent three years as the best in the world until leaving this position in mid-2023.[18]

At the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, Ícaro won his first fight, but, in the round of 16, he faced a tough opponent: Kang Sang-hyun, from South Korea, the main power in taekwondo, and ended up being eliminated. The Korean ended up being the tournament champion.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Maicon Andrade garante o bronze no Mundial de Taekwondo em Manchester". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. ↑ Cesare, Lucas (2021-03-18). "Conheça as equipes brasileiras já classificadas em suas modalidades para as Olimpíadas de Tóquio". Sportbuzz (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Taekwondo MARTINS SOARES Icaro Miguel - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  4. ↑ COB Profile for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  5. ↑ COB Profile for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  6. ↑ Maicon Andrade perde para nº 4 do mundo e cai nas quartas do Mundial de Muju
  7. ↑ Brasil fatura 14 medalhas no Pan-Americano de Taekwondo
  8. ↑ Brasil sobe no pódio três vezes no último dia e bate recorde de medalhas em mundiais
  9. ↑ Após Mundial histórico, Falavigna elogia atual geração e vê Brasil em novo patamar: "Grupo sólido"
  10. ↑ Ícaro Martins perde para colombiano e é prata no taekwondo
  11. ↑ Ícaro Miguel lidera, pela primeira vez, o ranking mundial do taekwondo
  12. ↑ Taekwondo: Brasil faura 13 medalhas no primeiro dia do Pan no México
  13. ↑ Ícaro Miguel e Gabriele Siqueira levam ouro na abertura do Pan-Americano de Taekwondo
  14. ↑ Tóquio 2020: Ícaro Miguel perde nas oitavas de final do Taekwondo
  15. ↑ Icaro Miguel e Paulo Souza levam ouro, e Brasil chega a seis medalhas no Pan de taekwondo
  16. ↑ Milena Titoneli e Icaro Miguel 'renascem' e fecham participação do taekwondo em Assunção com ouro
  17. ↑ Milena Titoneli é bronze e dá ao Brasil 1ª medalha no Mundial de Taekwondo
  18. ↑ Fazendo história: Ícaro Miguel do taekwondo conta como foi criar projeto social na cidade em que cresceu
  19. ↑ Ícaro Miguel e Camila Bezerra caem nas oitavas do Mundial de Baku
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