Richard Leon Vizcaya (born January 7, 1976, in Caracas, Distrito Capital) is a Venezuelan judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] He won two bronze medals for the 73 and 81 kg classes at the 2006 Pan American Judo Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at the 2008 Pan American Judo Championships in Miami, Florida.[2]
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| Full name | Richard Leon Vizcaya | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1976 Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 73 kg | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leon made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he lost the first preliminary match of men's lightweight class (73 kg), with an ippon and an osoto otoshi (big outer drop), to Moldova's Victor Bivol. Because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Leon was offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts, but was defeated in the first round by Iran's Hamed Malekmohammadi, who successfully scored an ippon and a sukui-nage (double leg takedown), at one minute and fifty-four seconds.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Leon competed for the second time in men's 73 kg class. Leon lost the first preliminary match, by a koka and a golden score, to China's Si Rijigawa, although he received a penalty for false attack.[3]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Leon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Judo: Stevens to Fight for Gold Tonight at Pan Am Championships". Team USA. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
External links
edit- Richard Leon at JudoInside.com
- NBC Olympics Profile
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