Humberto Arencibia

Humberto Arencibia
Personal information
Full name Humberto Daniel Arencibia
Martinez
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Coached by Julio Mendieta[1]
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arencibia and the second or maternal family name is Martinez.

Humberto Daniel Arencibia Martinez (born November 20, 1989 in Pinar del Río) is an amateur Cuban freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a silver medal for his division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to U.S. wrestler and Pan American Games champion Jake Herbert, with a three-set technical score (4–1, 0–8, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Humberto Arencibia". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. "Humberto Arencibia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. Abbott, Gary (23 October 2011). "Herbert, Dlagnev win golds, Blanc a silver & Ware a bronze in Pan Am freestyle". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. "Men's 84kg Freestyle Round of 16 Finals". London 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  5. Hersh, Phillip (11 August 2012). "No bronze-medal match for Herbert". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

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