Mauro Sarmiento

Mauro Sarmiento
Personal information
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 40)
Casoria, Italy
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 80 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rome Middleweight
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok Middleweight

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]

References

  1. ^ Houston Chronicle
  2. ^ ESPN
  3. ^ "68 - 80 kg men results - Taekwondo - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-06-03.