Henrique Marques (taekwondo)
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Henrique Marques Rodrigues Fernandes (born 11 March 2004) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. He won the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the men's welterweight division, and competed for Brazil at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Career
He was a flag bearer for Brazil at the Youth South American Games in Rosario, Argentina, in April 2022.[3] He won the gold medal at the event in the -80kg division.[4] He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship.[5]
He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games at the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in April 2024.[6]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he competed in the 80kg category, reaching the quarter finals.[7][8]
On October 27, 2025 he won the Gold Medal at the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the M-80kg category, becoming the first Brazilian male taekwondo world champion. In his path to the title he defeated CJ Nickolas in the quarter-finals, and Artem Mytarev in the semi-finals, before beating Xiang Qizhang of China in the final.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Henrique Marquez Rodrigues". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Atleta do taekwondo é da "área mais humilde do bairro mais humilde"". Portal Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "ROSARIO 2022 YOUTH SOUTH AMERICAN GAMES BEGIN WITH COLORFUL CELEBRATION". panamsports.org. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Aranda, Claudio (20 August 2022). "Great fights at the start of the senior division of the Pan American WT President's Cup". mastkd. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ López Rodríguez, Laura (6 May 2022). "2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championship Kyourugi & Poomsae". mastkd. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: The United States and Brazil dominated the last Taekwondo Olympic qualifier". Infobae. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Henrique Marques in taekwondo: watch live today (08/09)". gcmais.com. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Julyana Al-Sadeq reaches taekwondo Olympic quarterfinals". royalnews.tv. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Double joy for Türkiye and gold for Brazil on day four at Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships". World Taekwondo. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "2025 Wuxi World Taekwondo Championships: Schedule, all results, and medal winners - Full list". Retrieved 27 October 2025.