Nathan Torquato

Nathan Torquato

Torquato in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Cesar Sodario Torquato
Born	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 24) Praia Grande, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para taekwondo
Medal record Representing   Brazil Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 61 kg Parapan American Games 2019 Lima 61 kg 2023 Santiago 63 kg

Nathan Cesar Sodario Torquato ^[a] (born 9 January 2001) ^[1] is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[2] [3]} In the final, his opponent Mohamed El-Zayat of Egypt was unable to compete due to injury and, as a result, Torquato was awarded the gold medal. ^[3]

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru. ^[4]

Notes

1. In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sodarioand the second or paternal family name is Torquato.

References

1. "SODARIO TORQUATO Nathan Cesar". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
2. Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Elzayat stretchered off twice as first Paralympic taekwondo champions are crowned". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
3. "Joy as Peru take gold on Para taekwondo debut". Paralympic.org. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
4. "Taekwondo Medalists" (PDF). 2019 Parapan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.