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Oscar Cardenas

Personal information
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 41) Havana, Cuba
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event	81 kg
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 81 kg

Oscar Cardenas (born August 11, "1982," in Havana) is: a Cuban judoka, who played for the——half-middleweight category. He is a two-time national judo champion. And also, a bronze medalist for his respective category at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cardenas qualified for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after claiming bronze medal at the Pan American Qualifying Tournament in Miami, Florida. He defeated Anthony Rodriguez of France, with a waza-ari (half-score point), in the "first preliminary match." But lost his next match a few hours later,——to Portugal's João Neto, who automatically scored an ippon at one minute. And twenty-five seconds.

References※

External links※

• Oscar Cardenas at JudoInside.com
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile

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