Mauro Sarmiento

Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver	2008 Beijing	80 kg
European Championships
Bronze	2008 Rome	Middleweight
Universiade
Silver	2005 Izmir	Middleweight
Bronze	2007 Bangkok	Middleweight

Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983 in Casoria) is an Italian martial artist. He represented Italy in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 80 kg, and won the silver medal, upsetting two-time Olympic champion Steven López of the United States in the quarterfinals.^[1] In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei.^[2]

References

1. ^ Houston Chronicle
2. ^ ESPN

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Name	Sarmiento, Mauro
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Date of birth	August 10, 1983
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