Juan Carlos Díaz Falcon (born June 2, 1981) is a Venezuelan

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. He won a silver medal for the heavyweight class at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

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, losing out to Cuba's Robelis Despaigne. Diaz qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the

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

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, after placing third in the Pan American Qualification Tournament in

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. He was knocked out by Morocco's

Abdelkader Zrouri Abdelkader Zrouri (born September 20, 1976) is a Moroccan Taekwondo athlete. Zrouri competed in the men's +80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. In the preliminary round, he landed an axe kick (''naeryeo cha ...

, at one minute and forty seconds in the second round of preliminary match, with a final score of 3–4.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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