Oscar Cardenas

{{Short description|Cuban judoka (born 1982)}}

{{for|the Mexican politician|Óscar Cárdenas Monroy}}

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Oscar Cardenas (born August 11, 1982, in Havana) is a Cuban judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Oscar Cardenas|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/oscar-cardenas-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114529/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/oscar-cardenas-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 December 2012}} He is a two-time national judo champion, and also, a bronze medalist for his respective category at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cardenas qualified for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after claiming a bronze medal at the Pan American Qualifying Tournament in Miami, Florida.{{cite news|title=Cuban Judokas Win Three Titles and Five Olympic Berths in Miami|url=http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/05/10/11027/cuban_judokas_win_three_titles_and_five_olympic_berths_in_miami.html|publisher=Cuba Headlines|date=10 May 2008|accessdate=8 December 2012}} He defeated Anthony Rodriguez of France, with a waza-ari (half-score point), in the first preliminary match, but lost his next match a few hours later, to Portugal's João Neto, who automatically scored an ippon at one minute and twenty-five seconds.{{cite web|title=Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/179 lbs) Preliminaries|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM081405/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=8 December 2012|archive-date=21 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821100803/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM081405/index.html|url-status=dead}}