Gustavo Balart
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| Full name | Gustavo Eddy Balart Marin | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba | ||||||||||||
| Born |
10 February 1987 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Balart and the second or maternal family name is Marin.
Gustavo Eddy Balart Marin (born February 10, 1987 in Santiago de Cuba) is an amateur Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's featherweight category.[1][2] He defeated Venezuela's Jorge Cardozo for the gold medal in his division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]
Balart represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He defeated Turkey's Ayhan Karakuş in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing the quarterfinal match to South Korea's Choi Gyu-Jin, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 2–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]
References
- ↑ "Gustavo Balart". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Gustavo Balart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Cubano Balart conquista oro en lucha grecorromana 55 kg" [Cuba's Gustavo Balart wins gold in 55-kg Greco-Roman wrestling] (in Spanish). Publimetro (Mexico). 21 October 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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