Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (born July 31, 1980, in Barranquilla) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships. She also won a bronze medal for the 51 kg class at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia.
Mora made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's flyweight category (49 kg). She first defeated Indonesia's Juana Wangsa Putri by a superiority decision in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her next match to Chinese Taipei's Chen Shih-Hsin, with a sudden death score of 0–1. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Mora took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Nepal's Sangina Baidya and Guatemala's Euda Carías. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Thailand's Yaowapa Boorapolchai, with a score of 1–2.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Mora qualified for the second time in the women's 49 kg class, after winning the championship title from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to another Chinese Taipei taekwondo practitioner Yang Shu-Chun, with a score of 0–(-1).
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
Results
Medal count goldSilverBronzePARΣOlympic Games22World Championships44Olympic Games qualification World22Student World Championships11Continental Tournaments21328Open Tournaments1315
Results international resultyeartournamentcityweightcategoryPAR1999World ChampionshipsEdmonton -51senior10.0003.2002Pan American ChampionshipsQuito -51senior10.003PAR2003Olympic Games qualification WorldParis -49senior7.0003.2004Olympic Games qualification Pan AmericaQuerétaro -49senior10.009PAR2004Olympic GamesAthen -49senior20.0015PAR2004Pan American ChampionshipsSanto Domingo -51senior6.000PAR2005World ChampionshipsMadrid -51senior10.0053.2006US OpenDallas, Texas -51senior3.000PAR2006Student World ChampionshipsValencia -51senior2.0001.2006Pan American ChampionshipsBuenes Aires -51senior30.00122.2007US OpenOrlando -51senior5.000PAR2007World ChampionshipsPeking -51senior10.005PAR2007Pan Am GamesRio de Janeiro -49senior6.003PAR2007Olympic Games qualification WorldManchester -49senior7.0031.2007Olympic Games qualification Pan AmericaCali -49senior30.0032.2008Spanish OpenAlicante -51senior5.0002.2008Austrian OpenInnsbruck -51senior5.000PAR2008Olympic GamesBeijing -49senior20.0002.2008Pan American ChampionshipsCagus -51senior20.0061.2009Costa Rica OpenCartago -53senior7.000PAR2009World ChampionshipsKopenhagen -53senior10.0003.2012Pan American ChampionshipsSucre -53senior10.006 Olympic Games qualification Pan America, Querétaro
-49 senior3rd place FightMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia4:0SOLANO, Johana1/08-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia2:0SEGURA MOORE, Barbara1/04-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia2:0CONTRERAS LOYOLA, Yeny1/02-FinaleGONDA, Ivett4:1MORA ROMERO, Gladys AliciaOlympic Games, Athen
-49 senior3rd place FightBOORAPOLCHAI, Yaowapa2:1MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia1/08-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia2:2WANGSA PUTRI, Juana1/04-TrostrundeMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia5:1BAIDYA, Sangina1/04-FinaleCHEN, Shih-Hsin1:0MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia1/02-TrostrundeMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia2:0CARIAS MORALES, Euda Maria Pan American Championships, Buenes Aires
-51 senior
Trainer / Coaches:
SALAZAR MOLINA, Reynaldo (Headcoach)
SANCHEZ, Yolman (coach)
FORERO, Rene (Assistantcoach)1/08-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia10:3SEPULVEDA, Lorena1/04-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia7:0DIEZ CANSECO VERDE, Lizbeth Julissa1/02-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia10:4DeVITO, Simone1/01-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia7:6GUACARE, Gladys Pan American Championships, Cagus
-51 senior1/16-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia7:0COTO VARGAS, Nancy1/02-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia5:0TURCOTTE, Annie-Pier1/01-FinaleCRAIG, Charlotte1:0MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia Pan American Championships, Sucre
-53 senior1/08-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia4:2STAMBAUGH, Victoria1/04-FinaleMORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia8:1GUADALUPE, Katherine1/02-FinaleDeVITO, Simone5:4MORA ROMERO, Gladys Alicia