Teófilo Antonio Diek Andon (born December 13, 1987) is a Dominican

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 played for the half-heavyweight category. He won the bronze medal for the same division at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

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. Diek represented the

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out by an automatic

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

to thirty-four-year-old Canadian judoka Keith Morgan.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Dominican Republic male judoka Living people Olympic judoka for the Dominican Republic Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1987 births Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in judo Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Dominican Republic people {{DominicanRepublic-judo-bio-stub