Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila (born 4 July 1984) is a Spanish

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ka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the

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, a seven-time gold medalist in his event at the

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and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the

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Early life

Born in

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, he emigrated with his family to Torremolinos, Malaga,

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a few years later. He began his karate training in 1991, at a Goju Ryu school run by Lorenzo Marin. In 1997, he won the Spanish national championship children's category.

Career

In 2017, Quintero won the silver medal in the individual kata event at the World Games held in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

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. In 2019, Quintero won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the

held in Minsk, Belarus. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the European Karate Championships held in

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. In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the World Beach Games held in

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. Quintero represented Spain at the

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. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event. A few months after the Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in

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. Quintero won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the

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held in

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. Quintero won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in

. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the

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held in

. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in

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Achievements

References

External links

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Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila
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