Juan Samorano (born 25 September 1981)
is a
Argentine
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para taekwondo
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practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 75 kg event at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 75 kg event at the
Parapan American Games
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held in Lima, Peru.
References
Living people
1981 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Argentine male taekwondo practitioners
Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic bronze medalists for Argentina
Paralympic medalists in taekwondo
21st-century Argentine people
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