Mauro Sarmiento
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Italy
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| Men's taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 80 kg |
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2012 London | 80 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2008 Rome | Middleweight |
| Universiade | ||
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2005 Izmir | Middleweight |
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2007 Bangkok | Middleweight |
Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983 in Casoria) is an Italian martial artist. He 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.[1] In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ^ Houston Chronicle
- ^ ESPN
- ^ "68 - 80 kg men results - Taekwondo - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
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