and won the World Taekwondo Championship. 2007 World Taekwondo Championship Falavigna won the bronze medal in the 2007 World Taekwondo Championship held in Beijing, China. 2007 Pan American Games Natália Falavigna performed the oath of the athletes at the opening ceremony of the Fifteenth Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won the silver medal at the women's +67-kilogram category. Falavigna defeated Venezuelan Aura Paez in the semifinals, but was defeated by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza in the gold medal match. 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China, was Natália Falavigna's second participation in the Olympics. In the first stage, she defeated 3–1 the Greek Kyriaki Kouvari. In the quarterfinals, Natália Falavigna beat the Australian Carmen Marton 5–2, but she was defeated by Nina Solheim of Norway in the semifinals. Falavigna won the bronze medal after beating the Swedish Karolina Kedzierska 5–2 in the bronze medal match of the Repechage. Natália Falavigna's bronze medal was Brazil's first Olympic medal ever in taekwondo. 2009 World Taekwondo Championship In 2009, in the World Taekwondo Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal. References External links Official website 1984 births Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Maringá Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Universiade medalists in taekwondo South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Universiade gold medalists for Brazil Universiade silver medalists for Brazil World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Paraná (state) 21st-century Brazilian women