Nationality Venezuela Role Olympic athlete Sport Taekwondo Height 1.90 m | Event(s) 80 kg Weight 78 kg Name Carlos Vasquez | |
Full name Carlos Armando Vasquez Carvajal Born 19 December 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-12-19 ) | ||
Carlos Armando Vásquez Carvajal (born December 19, 1982) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. He won the bronze medal for the 72 kg class at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain, and silver for the 80 kg class at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Vasquez qualified for the men's 80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. He defeated Gabon's Lionel Baguissi by a unanimous decision in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Great Britain's Aaron Cook, with a final score of 2–5.
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