Óscar Francisco Salazar Blanco (born November 3, 1977) is a Mexican

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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, where he received a silver medal in the 58 kg class. He is the brother of Iridia Salazar, who is also a taekwondo practitioner."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Taekwondo"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 22, 2008) He won a gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

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Career Achievements

*1996 Pan American Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold *1997 World Taekwondo Championships Fly - Bronze *1998 Pan American Taekwondo Championships Fly - Gold *1999 Pan American Games Fly - Gold *2000 World Taekwondo Cup Fly - Silver *2002 Pan American Taekwondo Championships bantham - Gold *2002 Centro American Games Bantham - Gold *2003 Pan American Games Fly - Silver *2004 Pan American Olympic Qualify Tourney Fly - Gold

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* 1977 births Living people Martial artists from Mexico City Mexican male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 1999 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2003 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic silver medalists for Mexico Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games silver medalists in taekwondo World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games {{Mexico-taekwondo-bio-stub