Mauro Sarmiento Explained

Mauro Sarmiento
Birth Date:10 August 1983
Birth Place:Casoria, Italy

Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983) is an Italian martial artist. He was born in Casoria, Italy, and represented Italy in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, and won the silver medal, upsetting two-time Olympic champion Steven López of the United States in the quarterfinals.[1] In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's -80 kg taekwondo event, losing to Nicolas Garcia in the semi-finals, and then beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi in his bronze medal match.[3]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: ESPN . 2024-07-23 . 2020-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720145904/https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=3548242 . live .
  3. Web site: 68 - 80 kg men results - Taekwondo - London 2012 Olympics. www.olympic.org. 2015-06-03. 2014-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213232907/http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/taekwondo/68-80-kg-m. live.