Juan Díaz (taekwondo)
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| Full name | Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Venezuela | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | +80 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon (born June 2, 1981) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner.[1] He won a silver medal for the heavyweight class at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, losing out to Cuba's Robelis Despaigne.[2]
Diaz qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.[3] He was knocked out by Morocco's Abdelkader Zrouri, at one minute and forty seconds in the second round of preliminary match, with a final score of 3–4.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Díaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Venezolano Juan Díaz obtuvo plata en taekwondo de los Panamericanos" [Taekwondo: Venezuelan Juan Diaz won silver at the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). El Tiempo Venezuela. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia". World Taekwondo Federation. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's +80kg (+176 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
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