Franklin Cisneros

Franklin Cisneros
Personal information
Full name Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte
Nationality  El Salvador
Born (1983-12-21) 21 December 1983
San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 81 kg

Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte (born December 21, 1983 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Cisneros represented El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by an ippon and a juji gatame (back-lying perpendicular armbar) to U.S. judoka and Pan American Games champion Travis Stevens.[3][4]

References

  1. "Franklin Cisneros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. "Reser and Stevens Win Gold, Gotay Takes Silver at the Pan American Games". Team USA. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "How U.S. athletes fared Tuesday". Herald Mail. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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