Eva Calvo (taekwondo)

Eva Calvo

Calvo at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Eva Calvo Gómez
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 26) Leganés, Spain
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Taekwondo
Club	Club Sanchez Elez
Coached by	Jose Maria Martin
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg World Championships 2015 Chelyabinsk 57 kg 2013 Puebla 57 kg European Games 2015 Baku 57 kg European Championships 2014 Baku 57 kg

Eva Calvo Gómez (born 29 July 1991) is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 57 kg division. She was the European champion in 2014 and won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics. In 2015, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the Spanish National Taekwondo Federation.

Calvo first trained in athletics and took up taekwondo in 2006, aged 15. Her younger sister Marta Calvo also competes internationally, but in the heavier 62 kg division. Calvo studies computer engineering and mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.