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PATU Press –<\/strong> The Guatemalan Alejandra Higueros and the Mexican William Arroyo were the most outstanding athletes of the poomsae tournament corresponding to the Pan-Am Series III held at the headquarters of the Paralympic Committee of Brazil, in Sao Paulo, with more than 380 competitors from 14 nations in search of the 20 points for the World Taekwondo ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higueros, fifth in the world in the U30 category of recognized poomsae and number four in the world in O30 Freestyle, took the top honors of the Pan-Am Series III by dominating the O17 Women’s Individual Freestyle category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Pan-Am Series I and II held in Fort Worth, USA and Heredia, Costa Rica, the Guatemalan, who this year was Pan American champion in Punta Cana, had placed fifth and third, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arroyo, double world medalist this year in Goyang, South Korea, added two gold medals in the Brazilian event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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in the Freestyle O17 and U30 men’s individual categories, to be recognized as MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mexican is ranked 16th in the WT rankings in recognized poomsae and is third in the O17 freestyle world ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most outstanding coaches of the event were Alex Siliezar (Guatemala) and Yun Cheol Lim (Brazil).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brazil was the big winner of the event, dominating 80% of the categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other results, Peru’s Sebastian Nalverte (cadet individual) and the U30 mixed pair integrated by the champion of the Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022, Hugo Del Castillo\/Carmela J, also climbed to the top of the podium in the Pan-Am Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paula Fregoso (MEX), best athlete of the recently concluded Costa Rica Open G2 and number seven in the WT ranking, achieved an important victory in the U30 women’s singles category over Higueros of Guatemala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infantil Ind. Male: Theo Mendes BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadet Ind. Male: Sebasti\u00e1n Nalvarte PER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadet Ind. Female: Mariana Coratti BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Ind. Male: Guillerme Fontoura BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Ind. Women: Fabiana Varilla BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Cadet Pair: Raquel X.\/ Sebastian J. PER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Mixed Pair: Joao\/Isabelle BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Pair U30: Hugo\/Carmela PER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Pair O30: Marcio\/Manoela BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Men’s Team: Guillerme\/Nicolas\/Caio BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadet Women Team: Mariana\/Karina\/Miyu\/Julia\/Maia BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Team O30: Mariela\/Carol\/Branco\/Daniele BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s Team O30: Miguel\/Pedro\/Joaoao P BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Freestyle Individual O17: Alejandra Higueros GUA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freestyle Men’s Individual O17: William Arroyo MEX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U30 Male Individual: William Arroyo MEX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U30 Female Individual: Paula Fregoso MEX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U40 Male Individual: Lucas Carlos Dias BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U40 Female Individual: Daniele Barros BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U50 Ind. Male: Marcio Lozada BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U50 Ind. Female: Monoela Pontual BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U60 Ind. Male: Roberto Polonini BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U65 Ind. Male: Israel Leiderman BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O65 Ind. Men’s: Jos\u00e9 Carlos Saad BRA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O65 Ind. Women: Luiza Yabiku BRA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PATU Press – The Guatemalan Alejandra Higueros and the Mexican William Arroyo were the most outstanding athletes of the poomsae tournament corresponding to the Pan-Am Series III held at the headquarters of the Paralympic Committee of Brazil, in Sao Paulo, with more than 380 competitors from 14 nations in search of the 20 points for the World Taekwondo ranking. Higueros, fifth in the world in the U30 category of recognized poomsae and number four in the world in O30 Freestyle, took the top honors of the Pan-Am Series III by dominating the O17 Women’s Individual Freestyle category. In the Pan-Am Series I and II held in Fort Worth, USA and Heredia, Costa Rica, the Guatemalan, who this year was Pan American champion in Punta Cana, had placed fifth and third, respectively. Arroyo, double world medalist this year in Goyang, South Korea, added two gold medals in the Brazilian event in […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAlejandra Higueros and William Arroyo: Poomsae MVP's in Brazil - PATU | Pan American Taekwondo Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patutkd.org\/en\/alejandra-higueros-and-william-arroyo-poomsae-mvps-in-brazil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alejandra Higueros and William Arroyo: Poomsae MVP's in Brazil - PATU | Pan American Taekwondo Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PATU Press – The Guatemalan Alejandra Higueros and the Mexican William Arroyo were the most outstanding athletes of the poomsae tournament corresponding to the Pan-Am Series III held at the headquarters of the Paralympic Committee of Brazil, in Sao Paulo, with more than 380 competitors from 14 nations in search of the 20 points for the World Taekwondo ranking. 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