Eva Calvo
Calvo at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEva Calvo Gómez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991
Leganés, Spain
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
CountrySpain
SportTaekwondo
ClubClub Sanchez Elez[2]
Coached byJose Maria Martin[2]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro57 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Chelyabinsk57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Puebla57 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2013 Manchester57 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Suzhou57 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Astana57 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Manchester57 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Querétaro57 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Manchester57 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Mexico City57 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Baku57 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Baku57 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Mersin57 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2011 Shenzhen62 kg
European U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Kharkiv62 kg

Eva Calvo Gómez (born 29 July 1991) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 57 kg division. She was the European champion in 2014 and won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics.[1] In 2015, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the Spanish National Taekwondo Federation.[2]

Calvo first trained in athletics and took up taekwondo in 2006, aged 15. Her younger sister Marta Calvo also competes internationally, but in the heavier 62 kg division. Calvo studies computer engineering and mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.[2]

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