Gabriel Lama

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Gabriel Lama
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela
Nationality Chile
Born (1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 48)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)90 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Chile
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Rio de Janeiro 90 kg

Gabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela (born March 2, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[1] He picked up a total of twelve medals in his career, including a bronze from the 2002 South American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and represented his nation Chile in the 90-kg class in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[2][3]

Lama participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 90-kg division. In his opening match, Lama conceded with a chui penalty and succumbed to yuko from Azerbaijan's Rasul Salimov at the end of the five-minute bout.[3][4][5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lama qualified as a lone judoka for his second Chilean squad in the men's middleweight class (90 kg), by placing seventh and granting a berth from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.[6] Lama failed to improve his feat from the previous Games, as he received two penalties for passivity and fell in an inner-thigh throw (uchi mata) and a waza-ari defeat from U.S. judoka Brian Olson at the closure of their five-minute, first round match.[7][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gabriel Lama". 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  2. ^ "Siguen medallas para Chilito" [Chileans continue to win medals] (in Spanish). La Cuarta Deportiva. 3 August 2002. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Regresó el primer grupo de deportistas desde Sydney" [The first group of athletes had finally returned from Sydney] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Sydney 2000: Judo – Men's Middleweight (90kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 102–103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ^ "El balance chileno en Sydney" [Chilean balance in Sydney] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Gabriel Lama sumó otro fracaso nacional en Grecia" [Gabriel Lama added another national failure in Athens] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Judo: Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Lama no pudo avanzar en el judo olímpico" [Lama failed to advance in Olympic judo] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Lama también se despide de Atenas en primera ronda" [Lama bids farewell to Athens from the first round] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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