Contents
* 1 Achievements
* 2 Awards
* 3 Career
o 3.1 2000 World Junior Taekwondo Championship
o 3.2 2001 World Taekwondo Championship
o 3.3 2004 Summer Olympics
o 3.4 2005 World Taekwondo Championship
o 3.5 2007 World Taekwondo Championship
o 3.6 2007 Pan American Games
o 3.7 2008 Summer Olympics
* 4 References
Achievements
Natália Falavigna won the following competitions:
* World Taekwondo Championship: 2005
* World University Taekwondo Championship: 2006
* World Junior Taekwondo Championship: 2000
Awards
Falavigna won the Brazilian Olympic Award's Women's Best Athlete of the Year in 2005, and also won the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 Best Taekwondo Athlete.
Career
2000 World Junior Taekwondo Championship
In 2000, two years after starting practicing taekwondo, Falavigna won the World Youth Taekwondo Championship, held in Killarney, Republic of Ireland. It was the first international tournament that she participated in.
2001 World Taekwondo Championship
In 2001, in the World Taekwondo Championship held in Jeju, South Korea, Natália Falavigna won the Bronze Medal.
2004 Summer Olympics
Natália Falavigna competed for the first time in the Olympics in 2004, when she finished in the fourth place in the competition. She was defeated in the semifinal by Chinese Chen Zhong. In the Repechage semifinals she defeated Italian Daniela Castrignano, but was beaten by Venezuelan Adriana Carmona in the Bronze medal match.
2005 World Taekwondo Championship
In 2005, in Madrid, Spain, Natália Falavigna defeated British Sarah Stevenson in the final, 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
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