RAMIREZ VARGAS Andrea

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SOGAMOSO

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : SOGAMOSO

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Women -49kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -49kg Round of 16 #114 COL RAMIREZ VARGAS ARAMIREZ VARGAS Andrea 25 PTG CRO TOMIC KTOMIC Kristina 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -49kg Quarterfinal #124 COL RAMIREZ VARGAS ARAMIREZ VARGAS Andrea 30 TUR YILDIRIM RYILDIRIM Rukiye 31 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-46kg	2017	Muju, KOR
3rd Round	-46kg	2019	Manchester, GBR

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-49kg	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-46kg	2021	Cancun, MEX
Quarterfinal	-46kg	2018	Spokane, WA, USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-49kg	2019	Sofia, BUL
Quarterfinal	-49kg	2018	Rome, ITA
1st Round	-49kg	2019	Chiba, JPN

Churca (Facebook profile, 18 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Boyaca Department [Colombia]

Cito Rene Forero [club, national]

She took up the sport at age 13 in Sogamoso, Colombia. "It all started when a family friend took my sisters and I to a taekwondo exhibition event and we found it super interesting, then at the end of the event he invited us to get involved with the Panteras de Boyaca club. My sister Carolina was not very interested, but my sister Laura and I were, as we did everything together." (elespectador.com, 16 Mar 2020; coc.org.co, 01 Apr 2020)

From age five she practised gymnastics but she did not enjoy it. She then spent four years focusing on playing the violin before she was introduced to taekwondo. "I was very small and not very flexible, I did not have the talent, but I was very disciplined in everything and trained twice as much to reach the level of others. I will never quit taekwondo, I love it." (elespectador.com, 16 Mar 2020; coc.org.co, 01 Apr 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After her competitive career is over she hopes to stay involved in the sport by launching a club or becoming a coach. "Taekwondo opens up a lot of possibilities."(elespectador.com, 16 Mar 2020)

She trains at the International High Performance Centre [CIART] in Sogamoso, Colombia. (boyacaradio.com, 13 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"I believe that the key to success is to do everything with pleasure, with love, with passion." (elespectador.com, 16 Mar 2020)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
Although her parents had been involved in martial arts, they initially discouraged her from pursuing a career in taekwondo, even once she began competing at elite level. "My mother did not like it when I arrived home late, in pain and bruised. She told me to quit and focus on education. Even in 2017 my parents told me that I could not make a living from the sport, but at that point I was already winning all the tournaments in which I participated and was in the Colombian national team. When I competed at the 2017 World Championships in Muju, Republic of Korea, we agreed that if it didn't go well, I would retire. Fortunately, I won a bronze medal and everything changed, because I began to receive more financial support." (elespectador.com, 16 Mar 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score
PTG:: Win by Point Gap

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