Luis Izquierdo

{{short description|Colombian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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| name = Luis Izquierdo

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| fullname = Luis Fernando Izquierdo Martínez

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| nationality = {{COL}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cali, Colombia

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| height = {{height|m=1.65|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| style = Greco-Roman

| club = Jaime Lozada

| coach = Jesus Benito Izquierdo

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1999 Winnipeg|69 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Santo Domingo|66 kg}}

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Luis Fernando Izquierdo Martínez (born April 3, 1974) is a retired amateur Colombian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Luis Izquierdo|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iz/luis-fernando-izquieredo-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702180025/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iz/luis-fernando-izquieredo-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2 July 2017|access-date = 24 July 2014}} He has claimed two bronze medals in the 69 and 66-kg division at the Pan American Games (1999 and 2003), and also represented Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Panam: Cuba oro, Dominicana plata, Colombia bronce en grecorromana|trans-title=PanAm: Gold for Cuba, silver for the Dominican Republic, bronze for Colombia in Greco-Roman wrestling|language=Spanish|url=http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Panam-Cuba-oro-Dominicana-plata-Colombia-758611.php|publisher=The Beaumont Enterprise|date=3 August 2003|accessdate=24 July 2014}} Izquierdo is also a member of Jaime Lozada Wrestling Club in his native Cali, under his personal coach and father Jesus Benito Izquierdo.

Izquierdo qualified as a lone wrestler for the Colombian squad in the men's 66 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he received a berth and rounded out the ninth spot in his respective category from the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in Créteil, France.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10307|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=16 July 2004|accessdate=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607002416/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10307|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=dead}} He lost two straight matches each to Ukraine's Armen Vardanyan and Turkey's Şeref Eroğlu, both on technical superiority, but sailed smoothly with an easy victory over Georgia's Manuchar Kvirkvelia, who was immediately disqualified for infringing the rules of the tournament.{{cite news|title=Eroglu Brings Home Silver for Wrestling|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail.action;jsessionid=1bRAmatYwy9E3sWymQaVk8sE?newsId=11772&columnistId=0|publisher=Today's Zaman|date=26 August 2004|accessdate=24 July 2014}} Placing third in the prelim pool and twelfth overall, Izquierdo failed to advance to the quarterfinals. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Izquierdo's position was upgraded to tenth.{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 66kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532774.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Izquierdo eliminado en lucha grecorromana|trans-title=Izquierdo eliminated in Greco-Roman wrestling|language=Spanish|url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/J/j_izquierdoporfuera_efe_jlopa_24082004/j_izquierdoporfuera_efe_jlopa_24082004.asp|publisher=El Colombiano|date=24 August 2004|accessdate=24 July 2014}}

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