Melissa Pagnotta
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| Born | September 22, 1988 North York, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Pagnotta (born September 22, 1988) is a Canadian taekwondo practitioner. She competed for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[1] becoming the first Ontario representative in that sport. Pagnotta qualified to the 2016 Olympics by winning Silver at the Pan Am Olympic Qualification event in Aguascalientes, Mexico.[2] She saw success at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she won gold in the lightweight (under 67 kg) class.[3] Pagnotta 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).
Results
- 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 (Dominican Republic) – Bronze
- 2022 Belgium Open – Silver
- 2021 Pan American Championships (Mexico) – Bronze
- 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 – Silver
- 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
- ^ Hossain, Asif (May 6, 2016). "Pagnotta named to Team Canada in taekwondo for Rio 2016". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 19, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ Doorey, Jacqueline (March 11, 2016). "Taekwondo qualifier win earns Melissa Pagnotta spot in Rio Olympics". CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on December 19, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "Canada's Pagnotta earns taekwondo gold: Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Press. October 17, 2011. Archived from the original on December 19, 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
External links
- Melissa Pagnotta at TaekwondoData.com