Benjamin Waterhouse (born 11 June 1985) is an American Samoan
judo
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ka.
Waterhouse competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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, representing
American Samoa
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in the
men's 73 kg weight category, where he was eliminated by
Chamara Repiyallage
Chamara Repiyallage also known as Chamara Dharmawardana (born 10 May 1992) is a Sri Lankan judoka. He is also attached with Sri Lanka Air Force.
Career
Chamara represented Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games which was his maiden appearanc ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
in the second round of competition losing 000-101.
References
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1985 births
Living people
American sportspeople of Samoan descent
American Samoan male judoka
Olympic judoka for American Samoa
Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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