Carlos Armando Vásquez Carvajal (born December 19, 1982) is a Venezuelan

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner. He won the bronze medal for the 72 kg class at the

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, and silver for the 80 kg class at the

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. Vasquez qualified for the men's 80 kg class at the

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, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in

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. He defeated Gabon's

Lionel Baguissi Lionel Baguissi (born June 5, 1974) is a Gabonese taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the men's 80 kg taekwondo event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the third round by losing to Carlos Vásquez of Venezuela ...

by a unanimous decision in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Great Britain's

Aaron Cook Aaron Cook may refer to: *Aaron Cook (baseball) (born 1979), Major League Baseball pitcher * Aaron Cook (footballer) (born 1979), Welsh footballer * Aaron Cook (politician), Nauruan politician *Aaron Cook (taekwondo) Aaron Arthur Cook (born 2 ...

, with a final score of 2–5.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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