Javier Wanga (born 17 August 1981) is a

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

who competes internationally for

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Career

Wanga competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

held in

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, he entered the 66 kg weight division, but lost in the first round to

Andrew Collett Andrew Collett (born 8 November 1978) is an Australian judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He held seven Australian senior titles in his own division, picked up a total of sixteen medals in his career, including two golds fr ...

, so didn't advance any further.

References

1981 births Living people Aruban male judoka Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Aruba {{Aruba-judo-bio-stub