Juan Diego Turcios (born September 22, 1992) is a

Salvadoran Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

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"). ...

. He competed at the

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in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated by

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in the third round.

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* 1992 births Living people Salvadoran male judoka Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for El Salvador Central American Games gold medalists for El Salvador Central American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador {{ElSalvador-judo-bio-stub