Mauro Sarmiento

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]

Mauro Sarmiento
Personal information
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983
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

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.


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