José Daniel Díaz
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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
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
- ↑ "José Daniel Díaz". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- 1 2 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. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 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.
- 1 2 "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
- NBC Olympics Profile
- José Daniel Díaz at the International Wrestling Database
- José Daniel Díaz at Olympedia
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic wrestlers for Venezuela
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Sportspeople from Acarigua
- Venezuelan male sport wrestlers
- Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- 20th-century Venezuelan people
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Bolivarian Games medalists in wrestling
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Freestyle wrestlers
- Greco-Roman wrestlers
- Venezuelan martial arts biography stubs
- South American sport wrestler stubs