Jessica Berenice García Quijano

Jessica Berenice García Quijano (born 23 September 1995) is a Mexican para-taekwondo athlete.

Early life Garcia was born in Mérida, Yucatán, on 23 September 1995.

Career In 2022, she finished second in the world rankings in her category.

She won the 52 kg category, defeating Egyptian Salma Ali Abd 3–1, in the 2023 World Para-Taekwondo Championships held in Boca del Río, Veracruz. Thus she became the first Mexican woman world champion in this discipline. She also won a silver, in the K44-52, at the Parapan American games at Santiago, Chile in November 2023.

Before the Tokyo Paralympics, she moved to Mexico City to train at the National High Performance Center (CNAR). In her debut at the Paralympics in Paris 2024, she finished fifth.