Maria Clara Pacheco (born 16 July 2003) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
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| Birth name | Maria Clara Pacheco Lima | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22)[1] Baixada Santista | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was born in Baixada Santista, in São Paulo, but moved to São Caetano do Sul in 2021.[2]
She won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm-el-Sheikh in 2017.[2][3]
2023 was her first season competing in senior taekwondo. She made her Grand Priz series debut that year in Paris where she reached the quarterfinals.[4]
She won the bronze medal in the Women's featherweight at the 2023 World Taekwondo ChampionshipsinBaku, losing to eventual winner Luana Márton in the semi-final.[5][6] In doing so, she became only Brazilian to have won medals in Taekwondo World Championships in both the senior and cadet levels.[2]
In October 2023, she was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.[7] She also won a bronze in the team event at the games.[8]
In April 2024, competing at the regional Olympic qualifying event in Dominican Republic, she won a place at the 2024 Olympic GamesinParis.[9]
