Luis Vivenes

Luis Vivénes

Personal information
Full name	Luis Felipe Vivénes Urbanesa
Nationality	Venezuela
Born	(1980-10-06) 6 October 1980 Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Munisipalito Cumaná
Coached by	Edy Azuaje
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Venezuela Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 96 kg 2011 Guadalajara 96 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 96 kg 2006 Cartagena 96 kg

Luis Felipe Vivénes Urbanesa (born October 6, 1980 in Cumaná, Sucre) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category.^[1] He won two medals each for his division at the Pan American Games (2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico), and at the Central American and Caribbean Games (2006 in Cartagena, Colombia, and 2010 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico).^[2][3]

Vivenes represented Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed as a lone male wrestler in the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Kazakhstan's Taimuraz Tigiyev, who was able to score nine points in two straight periods, leaving Vivenes without a single point.^[4] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Vivenes offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Cuba's Michel Batista in the first round, with a technical score of 1–3.^[5]

References

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• NBC Olympics Profile