José Gregorio Camacho Lascarro (born April 26, 1983 in Barinas) is a

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, who played for the middleweight category. He is a two-time Olympian, a three-time medalist at the

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, and a bronze medalist for his division at the

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Career

Camacho made his official debut for the

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, where he lost the first preliminary match of men's middleweight class (90 kg), with an

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and a kuchiki-taoshi (single leg takedown), to Argentina's

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. At the

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, Camacho competed for the second time in men's 90 kg class. Unlike his previous Olympics, Camacho defeated Ukraine's

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in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match, with an ippon and a

tomoe nage is one of the traditional forty throws of jujutsu and Judo. It belongs to the third group (Sankyo) of the traditional throwing list, the traditional Gokyo (no waza), and the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. Tomoe nage is categorized as a front ...

(circle throw) to Pan American judo champion

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of Brazil.

References

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NBC Olympics Profile
1983 births Living people Venezuelan male judoka Olympic judoka for Venezuela Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Barinas (state) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo South American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Venezuela-judo-bio-stub