Melissa Pagnotta
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | September 22, 1988 North York, Ontario, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
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Melissa Pagnotta (born September 22, 1988) is a Canadian taekwondo fighter. Pagnotta participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,[1] becoming the first Ontario representative in that sport. She qualified to the 2016 Olympics by winning Silver at the Pan Am Olympic Qualification event in Aguascalientes Mexico.[2] Pagnotta saw success at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara where she won gold in the lightweight (under 67 kg) class.[3] She won a silver at the 2015 World Grand Prix in Moscow losing a close match to Korea in sudden death. She has won the Pan Am Championships 4x (2005,2008, 2010 and 2014) and Commonwealth Championships 3x (2008,2014 and 2017).
Results
[edit]2023 Dominican Open - Silver
2022 World Championships (Mexico) - 9th
2022 Grand Prix (Manchester) - Top 16
2022 Grand Prix (Paris) - Top 32
2022 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Bronze
2022 Pan American Championships - Bronze (Dominican Republic)
2022 Belgium Open - Silver
2021 Pan American Championships - Bronze (Mexico)
2020 US Open - Bronze
2019 Grand Prix Final (Moscow) - Top 16
2019 French Open - Gold
2019 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold
2019 Canada Open - Gold (MVP)
2019 Grand Prix (Chiba) - Top 32
2019 Grand Prix (Rome) - Top 32
2019 Pan Am Open - Silver
2019 World Championships - 9th
2019 US Open - Silver
2018 Grand Prix Final (Fujairah) - Top 16
2018 Grand Prix 4 (Manchester) - Top 16
2018 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold (MVP)
2018 Canada Open - Silver
2018 Pan Am Championships - Bronze
2018 Grand Prix 1 (Rome) - Top 32
2018 US Open - Silver
2017 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Bronze
2017 Canada Open - Gold
2017 Commonwealth Championships - Gold
2017 Costa Rica Open - Silver
2017 World Championships - Top 8
2016 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold
2016 Grand Prix Final - Top 8
2016 Olympic Games - Top 8
2016 Pan Am Open - Gold
2016 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier – Top 2
2016 Mexico Open – Gold
2016 German Open - Bronze
2016 Spain Open - Gold
2015 Pan Am Open- Gold
2015 Grand Prix 1 – Silver
2015 Grand Prix 2 – Top 16
2015 Grand Prix 3 – Top 32
2015 World Championships – Top 16
2015 Croatia Open – Top 8
2015 Morocco Open - Gold
2015 Canada Open - Gold
2015 US Open - Bronze
2014 Pan Am Open- Bronze
2014 Turkish Open- Top 8
2014 Paris Open - Silver
2014 Commonwealth Championships - Gold
2014 Grand Prix 3- Top 32
2014 Pan Am Championships - Gold
2014 Mexico Open - Silver
2014 Grand Prix 2- Top 32
2014 Grand Prix 1- Top 32
2014 US Open - Top 8
2014 Canada Open - Silver
2013 US Open - Silver
2013 Grand Prix Finals - Top 16
2013 Canada Open - Top 8
2012 Korea Open - Bronze
2012 Pan Am Championships - Top 8
2012 Canada Open - Top 8
2011 World Championships - Top 64
2011 Pan Am Games - Gold
2011 Korea Open - Bronze
2011 US Open - Gold
2010 Pan Am Championships - Gold
2010 Dutch Open - Top 8
2010 US Open - Gold
2010 Germany Open - Bronze
2009 US Open - Gold
2009 Korea Open - Top 8
2008 Commonwealth Championships - Gold
2008 Pan Am Championships - Gold - MVP
2007 World Championships - Top 32
2005 Jr Pan Am Championships - Gold
2005 Paris Open - Bronze
2004 Jr World Championships - Top 8
2003 Jr Pan Am Championships -Silver
2002 Jr World Championships - Top 64
Senior: 2022 Canadian National - Gold
2019 Canadian National - Gold
2018 Canadian National - Gold (MVP)
2017 Canadian National - Gold
2015 Canadian National - Gold
2014 Canadian National - Gold
2013 Canadian National - Gold
2012 Olympic Carding Game- Silver
2012 Canadian National - Gold
2011 Canadian National Team Trials - Gold
2011 Olympic Carding Game- Gold
2011 Canadian National - Gold
2010 Canadian National Team Trials - Gold
2010 Olympic Carding Game- Gold
2010 Canadian National - Gold
2009 Olympic Carding Game- Gold
2009 Canadian National Team Trials - Silver
2009 Canadian National - Gold
2008 Olympic Carding Game- Silver
2008 Canadian National Team Trials - Gold
2008 Canadian National - Gold - MVP
2007 Olympic Carding Game- Silver
2007 Canadian National Team Trials - Gold
2007 Canadian National - Gold
2006 Olympic Carding Game- Silver
2006 Canadian National - Gold
2005 Olympic Carding Game- Silver
2005 Canadian National - Bronze
2004 Olympic Carding Game- Gold
2004 Canadian National - Gold
References
[edit]- ^ Hossain, Asif (2016-05-06). "Pagnotta named toin taekwondo for Rio 2016". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ^ "Heading to Rio". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ^ "Canada's Pagnotta earns taekwondo gold: Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Melissa Pagnotta at TaekwondoData.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from North York
- Canadian female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Canada
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen