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Edna Díaz

Mexican taekwondo practitioner

Edna Díaz

Personal information

Nationality

Mexican

Born

(1985-04-24) 24 April 1985 (age 39)

Sport

Taekwondo

Medal record

Representing Mexico

Women's taekwondo
World Championships
	2005 Madrid	Lightweight
Pan American Championships
	2010 Monterrey	-67 kg

Edna Gisel Díaz Acevedo (born 24 April 1985) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner, psychologist and politician.

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]

References

^ "DIAZ ACEVEDO, Edna Gisel". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "¿Quién es Edna Díaz Acevedo, diputada por Uruapan que fue captada con Paolo Salerno? - EstoEsHoy Periódico" (in Mexican Spanish). 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
^ "SIL - Sistema de Información Legislativa-PopUp Legislador". www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx. Retrieved 2022-11-19.