José Gabriel Sagastume Ríos (born January 5, 1982, in

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

) is a Guatemalan taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He picked up a gold medal in Panam taekwondo championships in Oranjsted, Aruba in 2000, and a bronze medal from the 2004 Pan American Championships in

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. He was a two-time Iberoamerican champion (Barcelona 2003, and Querétaro 2005). He ended in 5th place in the 2005 world taekwondo championships in Madrid, Spain, and represented his nation

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004, finishing in 5th place). Sagastume made his official debut, as an 18-year-old teen, at the

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, where he lost his opening match to Filipino taekwondo jin Roberto Cruz in the men's flyweight class (58 kg). At the

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, Sagastume qualified for the Guatemalan squad in the men's featherweight class (68 kg), by placing third and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. Sagastume improved his previous Olympic feat by dispatching South Africa's Duncan Mahlangu (11–7) in the prelims and Australia's Carlo Massimino (5–4) in the quarterfinals, before falling in a defeat to Chinese Taipei's

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, who landed him a counterblow by a late surge to produce a 7–5 record. In the repechage rounds, Sagastume gave himself a chance to campaign for his nation's first Olympic medal, but he was cautiously beaten by Brazil's Diogo Silva with a score of 10–12. Sagastume works for the sports and leisure council in Guatemala, is an international TKD referee, and works on an IOC outreach program that helps athletes to get their lives planified after retirement.

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* 1982 births Living people Guatemalan male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Guatemala Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Guatemala City Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala 21st-century Guatemalan people {{Taekwondo-bio-stub