José Camacho (judoka)

José Camacho

Personal information
Full name	José Gregorio Camacho Lascarro
Nationality	Venezuela
Born	26 April 1983 Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	90 kg
Medal record Men's judo Competitor for  Venezuela Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 90 kg Pan American Championships 2007 Montreal 90 kg 2006 Buenos Aires 90 kg 2011 Guadalajara 90 kg

José Gregorio Camacho Lascarro (born April 26, 1983 in Barinas) is a Venezuelan judoka, who played for the middleweight category.^[1] He is a two-time Olympian, a three-time medalist at the Pan American Judo Championships, and a bronze medalist for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2][3]

Camacho made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he lost the first preliminary match of men's middleweight class (90 kg), with an ippon and a kuchiki-taoshi (single leg takedown), to Argentina's Eduardo Costa.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Camacho competed for the second time in men's 90 kg class. Unlike his previous Olympics, Camacho defeated Ukraine's Valentyn Grekov in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match, with an ippon and a tomoe nage (circle throw) to Pan American judo champion Eduardo Santos of Brazil.^[4]

References

1. "José Camacho". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
2. "Rousey Wins Gold Over Brazil, Hawn Wins Bronze". Team USA. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
3. "Ricardo Valderrama consigue la plata en campeonato panamericano de judo de Guadalajara" [Ricardo Valderrama gets silver in judo Pan American Championships in Guadalajara] (in Spanish). Correo del Orinoco. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
4. "Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

External links

• Profile – Judo Inside
• NBC Olympics Profile