Edna Díaz
Mexican taekwondo practitioner
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Edna Gisel Díaz Acevedo (born 24 April 1985) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner, psychologist and politician.
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| Nationality | Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won a gold medal in lightweight at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, after defeating Su Li-wen in the final. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Pan American Taekwondo Championships.[1]
Díaz studied at Universidad del Valle de México and finished with a degree in psychology and a Master's degree in sport management.[2]
She has been active in politics since 2015. In the 2018 federal elections in Mexico, she was elected as a candidate for federal deputation for District IX in Uruapan with the Por México al Frente alliance. For 2021, the PRI, PAN and PRD named her a candidate for representation for the IX district of Uruapan with the Va por México alliance.[2] She was re-elected and is president of the Commission for Climate Change and Sustainability.[3]
