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| Full name | Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Venezuela | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1981-06-02) 2 June 1981 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | +80 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon (born June 2, 1981) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. 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.
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. 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.
References
- 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
- Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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