Erwin José Caraballo Cabrera (born July 21, 1981 in

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) is an amateur Venezuelan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category. He won two bronze medals for the 96 kg division at the

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, and at the

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. Caraballo also defeated Mexico's Joel López for the gold medal in the same division at the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

in Mayagüez,

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. Caraballo is a member of the wrestling team for La Puente Sporting Club, and is coached and trained by Milcho Radulovski. Caraballo represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Estonia's

Ardo Arusaar Ardo Arusaar (born 24 June 1988 in Pärnu) is an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Erwin Caraballo in the qualifications, he was eliminated by Tsimafei Dzeini ...

, who was able to score five points in two straight periods, leaving Caraballo without a single point.

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
* 1981 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Venezuela Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Sportspeople from Cumaná Venezuelan male sport wrestlers Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-wrestling-bio-stub