Nathan Torquato
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Born | Praia Grande, Brazil | 9 January 2001||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||
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Nathan Cesar Sodario Torquato (born 9 January 2001)[1] is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Toyko, Japan.[2][3] In the final, his opponent Mohamed El-Zayat of Egypt was unable to compete due to injury and, as a result, Torquato was awarded the gold medal.[3]
In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Nathan Torquato". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Elzayat stretchered off twice as first Paralympic taekwondo champions are crowned". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Joy as Peru take gold on Para taekwondo debut". Paralympic.org. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Medalists" (PDF). 2019 Parapan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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- Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)
- Brazilian male taekwondo practitioners
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Paralympic taekwondo practitioners of Brazil
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Paralympic medalists in taekwondo
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