Felipe Novoa Explained

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Felipe Novoa
Fullname:Felipe Novoa Cianelli
Birth Date:28 April 1984
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Weight:660NaN0
Sport:Judo
Event:66 kg
Collegeteam:Miami Hurricanes (USA)
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Felipe Novoa Cianelli (born April 28, 1984 in Santiago) is a Chilean judoka, who played for the half-lightweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2005 Pan American Judo Championships in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and added three more titles to his collection from the South American Championships.[2] [3] Novoa is also the son of Eduardo Novoa, who competed in the men's middleweight class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Novoa represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out, by an ippon (full point) and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw), to Italy's Giovanni Casale.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Felipe Novoa. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114144/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/felipe-novoa-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 21 January 2013.
  2. News: Patel. Pravel. Canes represent Miami and respective countries at 2008 Beijing Olympics. European Judo Union. 25 August 2008. 22 January 2013.
  3. Web site: 2005 Pan American Championships – Caguas, Puerto Rico. Judo Inside. 21 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Preliminaries. NBC Olympics. 21 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821031901/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DJUM066501/index.html. 21 August 2012.