Franklin Cisneros

Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte (born December 21, 1983 in San Salvador) is 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]

Franklin Cisneros
Personal information
Full nameFranklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte
Nationality El Salvador
Born (1983-12-21) 21 December 1983
San Salvador, El Salvador
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)81 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  El Salvador
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2007 Rio de Janeiro 81 kg

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]

References

  1. 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 2020-04-18. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. "Reser and Stevens Win Gold, Gotay Takes Silver at the Pan American Games". Team USA. 21 July 2007. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "How U.S. athletes fared Tuesday". Herald Mail. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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