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Katherine Alvarado
Personal information
Birth nameKatherine Alvarado Araya
Nationality Costa Rica
Born (1988-03-27) 27 March 1988 (age 36)
San José, Costa Rica
Sport
CountryCosta Rica
SportTaekwondo
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking13 (-67 kg category)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Costa Rica
Pan American Taekwondo Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aguascalientes -67 kg
Updated on 22 April 2016

Katherine Alvarado Araya (born 3 March 1988) is a Costa Rican taekwondo practitioner.

She competed in the -67 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico.[1] According to the Costa Rican Olympic Committee, her best historical ranking in the -67 kg category was at 13th place worldwide.[2] In 2019, she planned to compete in the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Japan.[3]

In March 2020, Alvarado participated in the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Heredia, ultimately reaching quarterfinals before elimination.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ALVARADO ARAYA, Katherine". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Katherine Alvarado Araya". CONCRC (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Villarreal, Juan Diego (14 September 2019). "Taekwondo tico busca puntos para el Torneo Preolímpico en Japón y China". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación.
  4. ^ Rojas, José Pablo Alfaro (12 March 2020). "Duro golpe para el taekwondo: los cinco atletas quedan fuera de Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación.