Carlos Vásquez (taekwondo)

{{short description|Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner}}

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| fullname = Carlos Armando Vásquez Carvajal

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| sport = Taekwondo

| event = 80 kg

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{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara | 80 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Madrid | 72 kg }}

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Carlos Armando Vásquez Carvajal (born December 19, 1982) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner.{{cite sports-reference|title = Carlos Vásquez|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/carlos-vasquez-2.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/carlos-vasquez-2.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 26 December 2012}} He won the bronze medal for the 72 kg class at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain, and silver for the 80 kg class at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.{{cite news|title=Iran, Mexico win gold medal at World Taekwondo Championships|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=30&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=30&page=41&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=493214dc5e580cbe3cfa6b804d69647e|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=13 April 2005|accessdate=26 December 2012}}

Vasquez qualified for the men's 80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.{{cite news|title=WTF Pan American Qualification Tournament Concludes in Success in Cali, Colombia|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=193&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=193&page=25&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=1c4aa905f8f7d4f2255a9562e810b183|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=10 December 2007|accessdate=26 December 2012}} He defeated Gabon's Lionel Baguissi by a unanimous decision in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Great Britain's Aaron Cook, with a final score of 2–5.{{cite web|title=Men's 80kg (176 lbs) Quarterfinals|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM080301/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=26 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818173400/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM080301/index.html|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Middleton|first=Claire|title=Great Britain's Aaron Cook reduced to tears as taekwondo gold slips away|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2604015/Great-Britains-Aaron-Cook-reduced-to-tears-as-taekwondo-gold-slips-away-Olympics.html|publisher=The Telegraph UK|date=22 August 2008|accessdate=26 December 2012}}