Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Méndez (born 2 October 1997 in

Buga, Valle del Cauca Buga (), formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called ''el Señor de los Milagros'' ("th ...

) is a Colombian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by

Jabrayil Hasanov Jabrayil Hasanov ( az, Cəbrayıl Həsənov, born on 24 February 1990 in Suparibağ, Astara, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union) is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. ...

. He represented Colombia at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in the men's freestyle 86 kg event.

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* * 1997 births Living people Colombian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Colombia Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-wrestling-bio-stub