ACOSTA Briseida

Mexico
Taekwondo
30 Aug 1993
27
Female
Youth Olympian
NAVOLATO
 
Mexico
MIAMI, FL
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TKW Taekwondo Women +67kg 11

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Women +67kg Round of 16
#411
MEX
ACOSTA BACOSTA Briseida
3
FRA
LAURIN ALAURIN Althea
21
PTF
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2+63kg2010Singapore, SIN

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2+73kg2013Puebla, MEX
3+73kg2019Manchester, GBR
Quarterfinal+73kg2017Muju, KOR
Quarterfinal+73kg2015Chelyabinsk, RUS
Quarterfinal+73kg2011Gyeongju, KOR

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1+67kg2019Lima, PER

Pan American Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2+73kg2021Cancun, MEX
2+73kg2018Spokane, WA, USA

Grand Prix Final
RankEventYearLocation
4+67kg2016Baku, AZE
Quarterfinal+67kg2019Moscow, RUS
Quarterfinal+67kg2017Abidjan, CIV
Last 16+67kg2018Fujairah, UAE

Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
2+67kg2019Rome, ITA
3+67kg2017London, GBR
Quarterfinal+67kg2018Manchester, GBR
Quarterfinal+67kg2018Moscow, RUS
Quarterfinal+67kg2017Rabat, MAR
2nd Round+67kg2019Chiba, JPN
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Bris (mediotiempo.com, 20 Feb 2020)
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Movies. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)
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Student
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Psychology - Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
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Partner Max Castro
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English, Spanish
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Autonomous University of Sinaloa [Navolato, MEX]
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Juan Miguel Moreno [personal], USA, from 2019
:
Her father Juan Jose Acosta Rios has served as president of the Sinaloa State Taekwondo Association in Mexico. Her brother Eross is also a taekwondoka who has represented Mexico in international competitions. (debate.com.mx, 10 Jan 2015; Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; femextkdoficial.mx, 03 May 2021)
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She took up the sport at age seven in Navolato, Mexico. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)
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Her father, who has worked as a taekwondo coach in Sinaloa, Mexico, encouraged her to try the sport. Her brothers and her cousins are also involved in taekwondo. (sinaloadeportes.com.mx, 01 Jul 2013; proceso.com.mx, 10 Aug 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (marca.com, 08 Apr 2020)
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Winning silver at the 2013 World Championships in Puebla, Mexico. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jul 2021)
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (mundotaekwondo.com, 30 Apr 2020)
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Her father. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)
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She likes to set up all her equipment the day before. She also carries some amulets and likes to listen to music during competition day. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)
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"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible.'" (Twitter profile, 25 Jun 2020)
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She was nominated for a 2014 National Sports Award in Mexico. (sopitas.com, 21 Oct 2014)

General Interest

General
MOTIVATION
For many years she has been competing against fellow Mexican taekwondoka and three-time Olympic medal winner Maria Espinoza. The pair often face off to determine who will represent Mexico in major international competitions. In 2016 she lost out to Espinoza in her bid to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with Espinoza going on to claim a silver in Brazil. Her failure to gain selection for the 2016 Olympic Games led her to consider retiring from the sport. In 2019 she defeated Espinoza on her way to competing at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where she claimed gold. "I thought about quitting taekwondo because I didn't enjoy it anymore. I didn't want to try a kick anymore because I had already set goals and a life that didn't happen. In a certain moment I thought, 'Bris, let's see what else you can do and offer to the world,' but I also thought that I owed myself to get to the Olympic Games and give my best in order to get there." (mediotiempo.com, 20 Feb 2020; proceso.com.mx, 10 Aug 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PTF:
Win by Final Score
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