Juan Carlos Jacinto Jiménez (born July 2, 1978) is a Dominican

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, who played for the extra and half lightweight categories. He won the bronze medal for the 60 kg class at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

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, Canada.

Background

Jacinto made his official debut for the

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, where he competed in the men's 60 kg class. He lost the first preliminary match to Algeria's Omar Rebahi, who successfully scored a single yuko within the five-minute period. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, Jacinto switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's half-heavyweight division, despite weighing 68 kilograms. He lost again in his first preliminary match to Kazakhstan's Muratbek Kipshakbayev this time, by a

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(half-point) and a

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(double leg takedown).

Beijing Olympics

At the

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, Jacinto competed for the second time in the men's 66 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out by an automatic

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to Japan's

Masato Uchishiba is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the men's under 66 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Biography To win the Olympic gold at Athens, he defeated Joze ...

, who eventually won a gold medal in this event. Unlike his two previous Olympic games, Jacinto offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. He was defeated in his first match by Iran's

Arash Miresmaeili Arash Miresmaeili ( fa, آرش میراسماعیلی , born March 3, 1981 in Khorramabad) is an Iranian judoka. He now serves as the President of the Iranian Judo Federation. World Judo Championships He won the gold medal in two World Judo Cha ...

, who successfully scored a yuko and a koka before the five-minute period had ended.

References

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NBC Olympics Profile
1978 births Living people Dominican Republic male judoka Olympic judoka for the Dominican Republic Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{DominicanRepublic-judo-bio-stub