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| Nationality | Venezuelan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||
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Ricardo Valderrama (born 16 January 1987 in Caracas) [1] is a Venezuelan judoka. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 66 kg, but was defeated in the second round.
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