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Carolena Carstens
Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda (born January 18, 1996, in Winfield, Illinois, United States) is a taekwondo practitioner representing Panama. She has dual US / Panamanian citizenship through her father and mother respectively,.[1] She used to live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.,[2] but has since moved to Spain.[3] In 2011, Carstens participated at the Pan American Championships, where she won the silver medal in the youth -52 kg category, losing to the American Deireanne Morales in the final.[4] She subsequently took part in qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in November 2011, finishing fourth.[4] She later received one of four wild card entries for the Olympics as the 13th ranked athlete in the -49 kg category,[5] becoming the first Olympic taekwondo athlete from Panama, and the second youngest Olympian in the country's history.[6] She was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Olympics.[1] She lost her first contest 7–2 to an eventual finalist, Spaniard Brigitte Yagüe, and then lost her repechage fight to Mexican Jannet Alegría by the same score.[7] She competed for Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was defeated by Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the first round.[8] She was the flag bearer for Panama during the closing ceremony.[9] She competed in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. References
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