Gabriel Lama
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| Full name | Gabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Chile | ||||||||||||
| Born |
2 March 1974 Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 90 kg | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 made his official debut at 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 an earth-shattering waza-ari defeat from U.S. judoka Brian Olson at the closure of their five-minute, first round match.[7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "Gabriel Lama". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "Siguen medallas para Chilito" [Chileans continue to win medals] (in Spanish). La Cuarta Deportiva. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Judo – Men's Middleweight (90kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 102–103. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "El balance chileno en Sydney" [Chilean balance in Sydney] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Judo: Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Gabriel Lama on Twitter
- Gabriel Lama at JudoInside.com