Iker Casas

Iker Casas García (born 23 September 1999) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and a silver at the 2021 Pan American Championships.

Career Casas suffered a quick exit after two matches at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Taiwan. In 2016 he won gold medals at the youth national championships and the (National Olympics), then finished fifth at the World Junior Championships held in Canada. Casas was subsequently promoted to the senior national team in 2017,

In 2018, Casas qualified for the World Taekwondo Grand Slam by winning a silver medal at the first Open Qualification Tournament in April. He took the place of teammate Saúl Gutiérrez, who was unavailable for the tournament after undergoing knee surgery.

At the 2019 World Championships, Casas defeated Michele Ceccaroni of San Marino in the round of 64 before falling to Lee Dae-hoon. He qualified by defeating at the national selection tournament in Mexico City earlier that year. Nava returned the favor by denying Casas a place at the 2019 Pan American Games.

After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Casas won a silver medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships held in Cancún.

Personal life Casas hails from the State of Mexico.