Iker Casas
Personal information
Born (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999
Sport
CountryMexico
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Grand Slam (Qualification)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi (I)68 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Barranquilla63 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Cancún68 kg

Iker Casas García (born 23 September 1999) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and a silver at the 2021 Pan American Championships.

Career

Casas suffered a quick exit after two matches at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Taiwan.[1] In 2016 he won gold medals at the youth national championships and the Olimpiada Nacional (National Olympics),[2][3] then finished fifth at the World Junior Championships held in Canada.[4] Casas was subsequently promoted to the senior national team in 2017,[4] though he was unable to compete for a spot at that year's World Championships due to injury.[5]

In 2018, Casas qualified for the World Taekwondo Grand Slam by winning a silver medal at the first Open Qualification Tournament in April.[4] That summer, he won a bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games, losing in the semifinals to eventual gold medalist Bernardo Pié.[6] He took the place of teammate Saúl Gutiérrez, who was unavailable for the tournament after undergoing knee surgery.[7]

At the 2019 World Championships, Casas defeated Michele Ceccaroni of San Marino in the round of 64 before falling to Lee Dae-hoon.[8] He qualified by defeating José Rubén Nava at the national selection tournament in Mexico City earlier that year.[9] Nava returned the favor by denying Casas a place at the 2019 Pan American Games.[10]

After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Casas won a silver medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships held in Cancún.[11]

Personal life

Casas hails from the State of Mexico.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Douret, Liz (23 March 2014). "Mexicana Ashley Arana gana bronce en Mundial Juvenil de Taekwondo". Línea Directa (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Islas, Armando (12 January 2016). "Dos oros y dos bronces en nacional de taekwondo". Dirección General del Deporte Universitario (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Rodríguez, Omar (11 August 2016). "Termina la UNAM con 39 medallas en Olimpiada Nacional y Campeonatos Juveniles 2016". Dirección General del Deporte Universitario (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Cruz, Carlos (25 April 2018). "Iker Casas, la nueva joya del taekwondo mexicano". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Integra México selección de taekwondo para mundial en Corea". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bronce para el mexicano Iker Casas en Taekwondo". Marca (in Spanish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Iker Casas ahora se enfoca en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (in Spanish). Mexican Taekwondo Federation. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dos mexicanos se quedan en camino a finales en Mundial de Taekwondo". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Hernández, Carlos (26 February 2019). "Iker "Machine" Casas el agresivo competidor mexicano de Taekwondo que dará que hablar". Mundo Taekwondo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "México definió el equipo de Taekwondo para los Juegos Panamericanos de Lima 2019". Infobae (in Spanish). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  11. 1 2 Fernández Pérez, Domingo (6 June 2021). "Mexiquenses se traen dos platas". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2021 – via PressReader.
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