Mauro Sarmiento

Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983) is an Italian martial artist. He was born in Casoria, Italy, and represented Italy in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, and won the silver medal, upsetting two-time Olympic champion Steven López of the United States in the quarterfinals. In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's -80 kg taekwondo event, losing to Nicolas Garcia in the semi-finals, and then beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi in his bronze medal match.

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1983 births

Living people

Italian male taekwondo practitioners

Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy

Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Italy

Olympic silver medalists for Italy

Sportspeople from the Province of Naples

Olympic medalists in taekwondo

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Universiade medalists in taekwondo

Universiade silver medalists for Italy

Universiade bronze medalists for Italy

Taekwondo practitioners of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito

European Taekwondo Championships medalists

Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade

Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade

20th-century Italian people

21st-century Italian people