Felipe Novoa Cianelli (born April 28, 1984 in Santiago) is a Chilean

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, who played for the half-lightweight category. He won a bronze medal for his division at the

2005 Pan American Judo Championships The 2005 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Coliseo Solá Besarez in Caguas, Puerto Rico from 19 May to 20 May 2005. Medal overview Men's events Women's events , - , rowspan=2, - 48 kg , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, , , - , , - ...

in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and added three more titles to his collection from the South American Championships. Novoa is also the son of Eduardo Novoa, who competed in the men's middleweight class at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California. Novoa represented Chile at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out, by an ippon (full point) and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw), to Italy's

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Chilean male judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Chile Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santiago 1984 births South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2006 South American Games 20th-century Chilean people 21st-century Chilean people {{Chile-judo-bio-stub