Luis Noguera

{{Short description|Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner}}

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| name = Luis Noguera

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| fullname = Luis Alberto Noguera Urquia

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| nationality = {{VEN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

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| weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| sport = Taekwondo

| event = +80 kg

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{{MedalSport|Men's taekwondo}}

{{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1999 Winnipeg | +80 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 1993 New York City | 83 kg}}

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Luis Alberto Noguera Urquia (born October 12, 1973 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Luis Noguera|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/luis-alberto-noguera-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/luis-alberto-noguera-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 14 January 2015}} He retrieved a bronze medal in the 83-kg division at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York City, New York, United States, clinched the gold at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and represented his nation Venezuela at the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Luis Noguera, héroe de la hazaña panamericana en Winnipeg 99|trans-title=Luis Noguera, hero of the Pan American Games in Winnipeg 1999|language=es|url=http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/249834/luis-noguera-heroe-de-la-hazana-panamericana-en-winnipeg-99/|publisher=Noticias 24 Venezuela|date=6 August 2014|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114202920/http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/249834/luis-noguera-heroe-de-la-hazana-panamericana-en-winnipeg-99/|archive-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead}}

Noguera emerged himself on Venezuela's sporting fame at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he edged Mexico's Rodrigo Martínez for the gold medal in the men's over-80 kg division.{{cite news|first=Amalia|last=Llorca|title=Tae kwon do mostró el nivel más parejo|trans-title=Taekwondo showed the most even level|language=es|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/1999/08/09/dep_art_09301AA|publisher=El Universal|location=Caracas|date=9 August 1999|accessdate=14 January 2015}}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Noguera qualified for the Venezuelan squad in the men's heavyweight class (+80 kg), by placing third and granting a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris, France.{{cite web|title=Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Men's Entry List by NOC|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/Taekwondo.pdf|format=PDF|pages=2–4|work=Athens 2004|publisher=LA84 Foundation|accessdate=28 December 2014}}{{cite news|first=Lorenzo|last=Rodríguez|title=El sorteo favorece a los cuatro mexicanos|trans-title=A draw has favored on four Mexicans|language=es|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2004/107041.html|publisher=La Crónica de Hoy|location=Querétaro|date=31 January 2004|accessdate=14 January 2015}} He crashed out early in the opening round by a marginal 5–8 decision to a lanky 6-foot-6 Moroccan fighter Abdelkader Zrouri. Following Zrouri's immediate defeat to Greek crowd favorite Alexandros Nikolaidis in the quarterfinals, Noguera denied his chance to proceed into the repechage bracket for the Olympic bronze medal.{{cite web|title=Taekwondo – Men's Heavyweight (+80kg/+176lbs) Round of 16|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534268.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 August 2004|accessdate=24 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Adriana Carmona ratificó condición de medallista|trans-title=Adriana Carmona ratifies her condition to be a medalist|language=es|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2004/08/30/olim_art_30102A|publisher=El Universal|location=Caracas|date=30 August 2004|accessdate=14 January 2015}}