Henrique Marques (taekwondo)

{{short description|Brazilian taekwondo practitioner (born 2004)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|11 March 2004}} {{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/rodrigues-fernandes-henrique-marqu-1955824/|website=Eurosport|accessdate=9 August 2024|title=Henrique Marquez Rodrigues}}

| birth_place = Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro{{cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/visao-do-corre/deu-jogo/atleta-do-taekwondo-e-da-area-mais-humilde-do-bairro-mais-humilde|title=Atleta do taekwondo é da “área mais humilde do bairro mais humilde”|website=Portal Terra|date=2024-08-08|access-date=2024-11-16|language=pt-br}}

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{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Punta Cana | 80 kg }}

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Henrique Marques Rodrigues (born 11 March 2004) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Career

He was a flag bearer for Brazil at the Youth South American Games in Rosario, Argentina, in April 2022.{{cite web|url= https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/rosario-2022-youth-south-american-games-begin-with-colorful-celebration/|website=panamsports.org|accessdate=9 August 2024|date= April 28, 2022|title=ROSARIO 2022 YOUTH SOUTH AMERICAN GAMES BEGIN WITH COLORFUL CELEBRATION}} He won the gold medal at the event in the -80kg division.{{cite web|url= https://mastkd.com/2022/08/great-fights-at-the-start-of-the-senior-division-of-the-pan-american-wt-presidents-cup/|website=mastkd|accessdate=9 August 2024|first= Claudio |last=Aranda |date= Aug 20, 2022|title=Great fights at the start of the senior division of the Pan American WT President's Cup}} He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship.{{cite web|url= https://mastkd.com/2022/05/2022-pan-american-taekwondo-championship-kyourugi-poomsae-2/ |website=mastkd|accessdate=9 August 2024|first= Laura |last=López Rodríguez | date=May 6, 2022|title=

2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship Kyourugi & Poomsae}}

He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2024/04/12/paris-2024-the-united-states-and-brazil-dominated-the-last-taekwondo-olympic-qualifier/?outputType=amp-type|website=Infobae|accessdate=9 August 2024|date=12 April 2024|title= Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier }}

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category, reaching the quarter finals.{{cite web|url= https://gcmais.com.br/noticias/2024/08/08/henrique-marques-no-taekwondo-assista-ao-vivo-hoje-09-08/?amp=1|website=gcmais.com|accessdate=9 August 2024|title= Henrique Marques in taekwondo: watch live today (08/09)|date=9 August 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://en.royanews.tv/news/53408|website=royalnews.tv|accessdate=9 August 2024|title= Julyana Al-Sadeq reaches taekwondo Olympic quarterfinals|date=9 August 2024}}

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