Luis Ygnacio Liendo (born November 25, 1980 in
Caracas
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,
Distrito Capital
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) is an amateur Venezuelan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's lightweight category.
He won two bronze medals for the 60 kg division at the
2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America.
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in
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, and at the
2007 Pan American Games
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in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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. Liendo also defeated United States wrestler Joe Betterman for the gold medal in the same division at the
2011 Pan American Games
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in
Guadalajara, Mexico
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, earning him a spot on the Venezuelan wrestling team for the Olympics.
At age thirty-one, Liendo made his official Olympic debut at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, where he competed in the
men's 60 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Kazakhstan's
Almat Kebispayev, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 2–0, 0–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1980 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Venezuela
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
Sportspeople from Caracas
Venezuelan male sport wrestlers
Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
South American Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
20th-century Venezuelan people
21st-century Venezuelan people
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