Edwin Orlando Mosquera Roa (26 July 1985 – 2 December 2017) was a Colombian

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who competed in the 69 kg division. He won silver medals at the 2007 Pan American Games and 2016 Pan American Championships, and won the Pan American Championships in 2008 and 2010. He placed 7th at the

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Olympics, but had to withdraw from the 2008 Games due to a kneecap injury. Mosquera died on 2 December 2017, after being shot twice.

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