Melissa Pagnotta
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Born | North York, Ontario, Canada | September 22, 1988
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Country | Canada |
Sport | Taekwondo |
Coached by | Edward Fong |
Medal record |
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). She is coached by Canadian National team coach Edward Fong in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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