Franklin Cisneros
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| Full name | Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1983 San Salvador, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 October 2023 (aged 39) Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 81 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[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 (81 kg). 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 died on 28 October 2023, at the age of 39.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franklin Cisneros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Reser and Stevens Win Gold, Gotay Takes Silver at the Pan American Games". Team USA. 21 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "How U.S. athletes fared Tuesday". Herald Mail. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Falleció el ex judoca y seleccionado nacional Franklin Cisneros". Diario El Salvador. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
External links
- Franklin Cisneros at JudoInside.com
- NBC Olympics Profile