Franklin Cisneros Explained

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Franklin Cisneros
Fullname:Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte
Birth Date:21 December 1983
Birth Place:San Salvador, El Salvador
Death Place:Florida, U.S.
Weight:810NaN0
Sport:Judo
Event:81 kg
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Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte (21 December 1983 – 28 October 2023) was a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category (81 kg).[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Cisneros represented El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by an ippon and a juji gatame (back-lying perpendicular armbar) to U.S. judoka and Pan American Games champion Travis Stevens.[3] [4]

Cisneros retired in 2010. He later moved to the United States, where he worked as a trainer at the Top Brother Gym in Florada. Cisneros died on 28 October 2023, at the age of 39, of "natural causes".[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Franklin Cisneros. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ci/franklin-cisneros-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 January 2013.
  2. News: Reser and Stevens Win Gold, Gotay Takes Silver at the Pan American Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609001416/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2007/July/21/Reser-and-Stevens-Win-Gold-Gotay-Takes-Silver-at-the-Pan-American-Games.aspx. dead. 9 June 2012. Team USA. 21 July 2007. 15 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries. NBC Olympics. 15 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821101904/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DJUM081503/index.html. 21 August 2012.
  4. News: How U.S. athletes fared Tuesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040517/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2008-08-12/news/25161711_1_tim-morehouse-keeth-smart-julien-pillet. dead. 4 March 2016. Herald Mail. 12 August 2008. 15 January 2013.
  5. News: Falleció el ex judoca y seleccionado nacional Franklin Cisneros . 30 October 2023 . Diario El Salvador . 28 October 2023.

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