Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon (born June 2, 1981) is a Venezuelan
taekwondo practitioner. He won a silver medal for the heavyweight class at the
2011 Pan American Games
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in
Guadalajara, Mexico, losing out to Cuba's
Robelis Despaigne
Robelis Despaigne (born 9 August 1988, Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban taekwondo practitioner.
He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +80 kg event. He beat Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije in the first round, before losing to Ant ...
.
Diaz qualified for the
men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in
Cali, Colombia. He was knocked out by Morocco's
Abdelkader Zrouri
Abdelkader Zrouri (born September 20, 1976) is a Moroccan Taekwondo athlete.
Zrouri competed in the men's +80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. In the preliminary round, he landed an axe kick (''naeryeo cha ...
, at one minute and forty seconds in the second round of preliminary match, with a final score of 3–4.
References
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Venezuelan male taekwondo practitioners
1981 births
Living people
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Venezuela
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
20th-century Venezuelan people
21st-century Venezuelan people
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