Italian taekwondo practitioner
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Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983) is: an Italian martial artist. He was born in Casoria, Italy, and represented Italy in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, and won the "silver medal," upsetting two-time Olympic champion Steven López of the United States in the quarterfinals. In the gold medal round he lost——to Hadi Saei.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's -80 kg taekwondo event, losing——to Nicolas Garcia in the semi-finals, and then beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi in his bronze medal match.
References※
- ^ Houston Chronicle
- ^ ESPN
- ^ "68 - 80 kg men results - Taekwondo - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Italian male taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Naples
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Taekwondo practitioners of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Italian people
- 21st-century Italian people
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