José Daniel Díaz

José Daniel Díaz Robertti (born February 22, 1989 in Acarigua, Portuguesa) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category before moving up to the heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3][4]

José Daniel Díaz
Personal information
Full nameJosé Daniel Díaz Robertti
Nationality Venezuela
Born (1989-02-22) 22 February 1989
Acarigua, Portuguesa,
Venezuela
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Venezuela
Pan American Games
2019 Lima97 kg
2011 Guadalajara84 kg

Diaz represented Venezuela at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Latvia's Armands Zvirbulis, with a three-set technical score (1–0, 0–1, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5]

At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's heavyweight category. There, he lost in the second round to Mamed Ibragimov.[2]

References
  1. "José Daniel Díaz". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Daniel Díaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. Abbott, Gary (23 October 2011). "Blanc, Herbert, Dlagnev reach finals, Ware in bronze bout in freestyle at Pan American Games". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "Luchador José Díaz conquistó otra medalla de bronce para Venezuela" [Wrestler José Díaz won a bronze medal for Venezuela] (in Spanish). Agencia Venezolana de Noticias. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. "Men's 84kg Freestyle Round of 16 Finals". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.


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