Brigitte Yagüe Enrique (born March 15, 1981 in Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...

, Islas Baleares, Spain

Spain

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) is a female taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

 practitioner from Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

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In 2004, Yagüe qualified for the Athens Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

, winning over rival Belen Asensio

Belén Asensio

Belén Asensio is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain.She won the gold medal in the finweight class at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Canada...

 in the –49 kg class at the Spanish Olympic Trials. However, in Athens

Athens

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 she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 49kg competition

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg

These are the results of the women's 49 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A total of 15 women competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 49 kilograms...

 by losing 5–9 to Yaowapa Boorapolchai

Yaowapa Boorapolchai

Yaowapa Boorapolchai is a Thai taekwondo athlete who was the bronze medalist in the women's under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She started competing in 2002...

 of Thailand

Thailand

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In May 2008, she was named to a member of the Spain national taekwondo team and competed in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, but she lost to Sumeyye Gulec of Germany

Germany

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1–2 in the quarterfinals.