Oscar Cardenas

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Oscar Cardenas
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born (1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 41)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event81 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 81 kg

Oscar Cardenas (born August 11, 1982, in Havana) is a Cuban judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category. [1] He is a two-time national judo champion, and also, a bronze medalist for his respective category at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cardenas qualified for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after claiming a bronze medal at the Pan American Qualifying Tournament in Miami, Florida. [2] He defeated Anthony Rodriguez of France, with a waza-ari (half-score point), in the first preliminary match, but lost his next match a few hours later, to Portugal's João Neto, who automatically scored an ippon at one minute and twenty-five seconds. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oscar Cardenas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. "Cuban Judokas Win Three Titles and Five Olympic Berths in Miami". Cuba Headlines. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/179 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics . Retrieved 8 December 2012.