Ricardo Antonio Roberty Moreno (born October 12, 1982 in

Acarigua Acarigua (), founded as San Miguel de Acarigua, is a city in northwestern Venezuela, in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa (state), Portuguesa. Formerly the state capital, it is a major commercial center for the northern Llanos regio ...

, Portuguesa) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won a bronze medal for the 74 kg division at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

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. Roberty also captured a silver medal in the same division at the

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30. Host city *Main host city **Cartagena de Indias *Subsites: ** Barranquilla, Colombia ...

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, and eventually defeated Dominican Republic's Ysidro Alexis for the gold at the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

in Mayagüez,

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. Roberty represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 74 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Guinea-Bissau wrestler and two-time Olympian Augusto Midana, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 1–0, 1–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.

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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1982 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Venezuela Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela People from Acarigua Sportspeople from Portuguesa (state) Venezuelan male sport wrestlers Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-wrestling-bio-stub