Rodrigo Lucenti

Daniel Rodrigo Lucenti (born May 10, 1978 in San Martín, Santa Fe) is an Argentine judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.[1] He held a 2002 Argentine senior title for his own division, picked up a total of eight medals in his career, including two from the Pan American Judo Championships, and also competed with his brother Emmanuel Lucenti for the Argentine judo squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Rodrigo Lucenti
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Rodrigo Lucenti
Nationality Argentina
Born (1978-05-10) 10 May 1978
San Martín, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)73 kg

Lucenti qualified for the Argentine squad in the men's lightweight class (73 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[4][5] He lost his opening match to U.S. judoka and eventual bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro, who successfully scored an ippon and gripped him with a yoko shiho gatame (side four quarter) hold forty-five seconds before the clock expired.[6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodrigo Lucenti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. "Rodrigo Lucenti también se quedó con la medalla de oro" [Rodrigo Lucenti also kept the gold medal] (in Spanish). La Gaceta. 11 November 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. Faria, Sergio (20 March 2006). "El judo local quiere crecer" [Local judoka wants to nurture] (in Spanish). Los Andes. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. Martínez, Carlos (14 January 2004). "Argentina entrena en Córdoba" [Argentines train in Córdoba] (in Spanish). La Voz del Interior. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. "Rumbo a Atenas" [Flight to Athens] (in Spanish). La Nación. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. "Judo: Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Lucenti volvió de Atenas con la revancha entre ceja y ceja" [Lucenti returned from Athens with the rematch between his sights] (in Spanish). La Gaceta. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.


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