Profile details
- Born
- 24 Dec 1976
- Birthplace
- Holguin
- Country
- Cuba
- Sport
- Taekwondo
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
7 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2008 Summer Olympics
- ·2004 Summer Olympics
- ·2000 Summer Olympics – men's 80 kg
- ·2007 Pan American Games
- ·2002 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
- ·1998 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
- ·1996 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
Career Timeline
- 1996Competed at 1996 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
- 1998Competed at 1998 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
- 2000Competed at taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's 80 kg
- 2002Competed at 2002 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
- 2004Competed at 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2007Competed at 2007 Pan American Games
- 2008Competed at 2008 Summer Olympics
Statistics
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About
Ángel Valodia Matos Fuentes (born December 24, 1976) is a former Cuban taekwondo athlete. He received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and added another at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. The World Taekwondo Federation banned Matos and his coach for life following an incident at the 2008 Summer Olympics where Matos kicked the Swedish referee Chakir Chelbat in the face, after being disqualified in the bronze medal match.
Biography adapted from Ángel Matos on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.