José Daniel Díaz
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| Full name | José Daniel Díaz Robertti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1989 Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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José Daniel Díaz Robertti (born February 22, 1989) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category before moving up to the heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]
Career[edit]
Diaz represented Venezuela at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Latvia's Armands Zvirbulis, with a three-set technical score (1–0, 0–1, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]
At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's heavyweight category. There, he lost in the second round to Mamed Ibragimov.[2]
In 2024, he won a bronze medal in men's 125 kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[5] He competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] He was eliminated in his first match.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "José Daniel Díaz". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Daniel Díaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (23 October 2011). "Blanc, Herbert, Dlagnev reach finals, Ware in bronze bout in freestyle at Pan American Games". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 84kg Freestyle Round of 16 Finals". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- NBC Olympics Profile
- José Daniel Díaz at the International Wrestling Database
- José Daniel Díaz at Olympedia
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