Freddy Valera Explained

Freddy Valera
Country:Venezuela
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:84 kg
Event:Kumite

Freddy Valera is a Venezuelan karateka. He won Gold Medal in the Men's Individual -84 Kg Kumite XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

Career

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event.[1] [2]

At the 2018 Pan American Karate Championships, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event.[3]

In June 2021, Valera competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] In November 2021, he competed in the men's 84 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Valera won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.

Notes and References

  1. News: Após 15 casos de doping, Jogos Pan-Americanos de Lima têm novo quadro de medalhas. December 27, 2019. GaúchaZH. April 18, 2020. pt.
  2. Web site: Karate Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200602230633/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/KTE/PAG2019_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf. 2 June 2020. 2 June 2020. 2019 Pan American Games.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. United States enjoy successful day as Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships get underway. 14 June 2018. InsideTheGamez.biz. 28 April 2020.
  4. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.