Juan José Paz (born September 24, 1980 in

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), P ...

) is a

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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 competed in the men's half-lightweight category. Paz qualified as a lone judoka for the Bolivian squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) 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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, by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Judo Federation. He conceded his opening match with a single shido penalty and succumbed to a single leg takedown (

kuchiki taoshi is a single leg takedown in Judo adopted later by the Kodokan into their Shinmeisho No Waza (newly accepted techniques) list. It is categorized as a hand technique, Te-waza. Technique Description Kuchiki taoshi is sometimes translated as "d ...

) and a 1–0 score on

waza-ari is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu. ''Waza-ari'' in judo A ''waza-ari'' is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in judo, the ...

from Australia's

Heath Young Heath Francis Young (born 21 September 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian judoka, who competed in the men's half-lightweight category. He held five Australian titles in his own division, picked up a total of thirteen medals in his career, includi ...

after five minutes of regulation.

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* 1980 births Living people Bolivian male judoka Olympic judoka for Bolivia Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra South American Games bronze medalists for Bolivia South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2002 South American Games {{Bolivia-judo-bio-stub