Roberto Zuasnabar Machusso (born January 4, 1954) is a retired competitive

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"). ...

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, who represented his native country at the

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. He twice claimed a medal at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, in 1975 and 1979. Machusso won the silver medal at the

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in the men's lightweight division (– 70 kg), after a loss in the final against Canada's

Wayne Erdman Wayne Erdman (born February 3, 1952, in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian retired judoka who represented Canada in Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the men's lig ...

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1954 births Living people Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Brazil Place of birth missing (living people) Brazilian male judoka Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1975 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-judo-bio-stub