Rodrigo Lucenti

{{Short description|Argentine judoka (born 1978)}}

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| fullname = Daniel Rodrigo Lucenti

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| sport = Judo

| event = 73 kg

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| birth_place = San Martín, Santa Fe, Argentina

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Daniel Rodrigo Lucenti (born May 10, 1978 in San Martín, Santa Fe) is an Argentine judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Rodrigo Lucenti|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/rodrigo-lucenti-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/rodrigo-lucenti-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 November 2014}} He held a 2002 Argentine senior title for his own division, picked up a total of eight medals in his career, including two from the Pan American Judo Championships, and also competed with his brother Emmanuel Lucenti for the Argentine judo squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Rodrigo Lucenti también se quedó con la medalla de oro|trans-title=Rodrigo Lucenti also kept the gold medal|language=Spanish|url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/182501/notas-tapa/rodrigo-lucenti-tambien-se-quedo-medalla-oro.html|publisher=La Gaceta|date=11 November 2006|accessdate=29 November 2014}}{{cite news|last=Faria|first=Sergio|title=El judo local quiere crecer|trans-title=Local judoka wants to nurture|language=Spanish|url=http://archivo.losandes.com.ar/notas/2006/3/20/deportes-187885.asp|publisher=Los Andes|date=20 March 2006|accessdate=29 November 2014}}

Lucenti qualified for the Argentine squad in the men's lightweight class (73 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.{{cite news|last=Martínez|first=Carlos|title=Argentina entrena en Córdoba|trans-title=Argentines train in Córdoba|language=Spanish|url=http://archivo.lavoz.com.ar/2004/0114/deportes/nota215700_1.htm|publisher=La Voz del Interior|date=14 January 2004|accessdate=29 November 2014}}{{cite news|title=Rumbo a Atenas|trans-title=Flight to Athens|language=Spanish|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/593849-rumbo-a-atenas|publisher=La Nación|date=19 April 2004|accessdate=29 November 2014}} He lost his opening match to U.S. judoka and eventual bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro, who successfully scored an ippon and gripped him with a yoko shiho gatame (side four quarter) hold forty-five seconds before the clock expired.{{cite web|title=Judo: Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Round of 32|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534222.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Lucenti volvió de Atenas con la revancha entre ceja y ceja|trans-title=Lucenti returned from Athens with the rematch between his sights|language=Spanish|url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/182501/notas-tapa/rodrigo-lucenti-tambien-se-quedo-medalla-oro.html|publisher=La Gaceta|date=16 August 2004|accessdate=19 November 2014}}