José Camacho (judoka)

{{Short description|Venezuelan judoka (born 1983)}}

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| fullname = José Gregorio Camacho Lascarro

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| birth_place = Barinas, Barinas, Venezuela

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| sport = Judo

| event = 90 kg

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{{MedalSport | Men's judo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro | 90 kg }}

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{{MedalBronze|2006 Buenos Aires | 90 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara | 90 kg }}

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José Gregorio Camacho Lascarro (born April 26, 1983 in Barinas) is a Venezuelan judoka, who played for the middleweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = José Camacho|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/jose-gregorio-camacho-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/jose-gregorio-camacho-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 26 December 2012}} 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.{{cite news|title=Rousey Wins Gold Over Brazil, Hawn Wins Bronze|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2007/July/19/Rousey-Wins-Gold-Over-Brazil-Hawn-Wins-Bronze.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609001324/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2007/July/19/Rousey-Wins-Gold-Over-Brazil-Hawn-Wins-Bronze.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 9, 2012|publisher=Team USA|date=19 July 2007|accessdate=26 December 2012}}

Career

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.{{cite web|title=Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Preliminaries|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM090405/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=26 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821141548/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM090405/index.html|archive-date=21 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

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