Melissa Pagnotta (born September 22, 1988) is a Canadian taekwondo fighter. Pagnotta participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Ontario representative in that sport. She qualified to the 2016 Olympics by winning Silver at the Pan Am Olympic Qualification event in Aguascalientes Mexico. Pagnotta saw success at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara where she won gold in the lightweight (under 67 kg) class. She won a silver at the 2015 World Grand Prix in Moscow losing a close match to Korea in sudden death. She has won the Pan Am Championships 4x (2005,2008, 2010 and 2014) and Commonwealth Championships 3x (2008,2014 and 2017). She is coached by Canadian National team coach Edward Fong in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Results 2021 Pan American Championships - Bronze (Mexico) 2020 US Open - Bronze 2019 Grand Prix Final (Moscow) - Top 16 2019 French Open - Gold 2019 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold 2019 Canada Open - Gold (MVP) 2019 Grand Prix (Chiba) - Top 32 2019 Grand Prix (Rome) - Top 32 2019 Pan Am Open - Silver 2019 World Championships - 9th 2019 US Open - Silver 2018 Grand Prix Final (Fujairah) - Top 16 2018 Grand Prix 4 (Manchester) - Top 16 2018 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold (MVP) 2018 Canada Open - Silver 2018 Pan Am Championships - Bronze 2018 Grand Prix 1 (Rome) - Top 32 2018 US Open - Silver 2017 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Bronze 2017 Canada Open - Gold 2017 Commonwealth Championships - Gold 2017 Costa Rica Open - Silver 2017 World Championships - Top 8 2016 World Taekwondo Presidents Cup (Pan Am) - Gold 2016 Grand Prix Final - Top 8 2016 Olympic Games - Top 8 2016 Pan Am Open - Gold 2016 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier – Top 2 2016 Mexico Open – Gold 2016 German Open - Bronze 2016 Spain Open - Gold 2015 Pan Am Open- Gold 2015 Grand Prix 1 – Silver 2015 Grand Prix 2 – Top 16 2015 Grand Prix 3 – Top 32 2015 World Championships – Top 16 2015 Croatia Open – Top 8 2015 Morocco Open - Gold 2015 Canada Open - Gold 2015 US Open - Bronze 2014 Pan Am Open- Bronze 2014 Turkish Open- Top 8 2014 Paris Open - Silver 2014 Commonwealth Championships - Gold