Carlos Julián Ortíz Castillo (born December 4, 1974) is a retired male wrestler from

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, who competed in the

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competition during his career. He twice won a medal at the

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for his native country, and competed at the

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in the

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division. There he was eliminated in the final round by Armenia's

Arshak Hayrapetyan Arshak Hayrapetyan ( hy, Արշակ Հայրապէտյան, born 8 November 1978) is an Armenian Freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also kno ...

Achievements

* 1994 World Championship: 62.0 kg. Freestyle (11th) * 1995 Pan American Games: 62.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd) * 1997 World Championship: 63.0 kg. Freestyle (16th) * 1999 Pan American Games: 63.0 kg. Freestyle (2nd) * 1999 World Championship: 63.0 kg. Freestyle (23rd) * 2000 Summer Olympics: 63.0 kg. Freestyle (6th) * 2002 World Championship: 66.0 kg. Freestyle (20th)

References

* * 1974 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cuban male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub