Daniel Gómez Tanamachi (born 6 May 1990) is a Mexican fencer. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the second round. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

but was again knocked out in the second round. Gómez won gold medals at the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and Veracruz 2014, becoming the only Mexican male fencer in history to win two games in a row. He also won back-to-back silver medals in the team events. Gómez also won two medals at the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

in Toronto in the individual foil and team foil events. Gómez is of Japanese descent. He began fencing at the age of 12.

References

External links

Penn State Nittany Lions bio
1990 births Living people Mexican male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Mexico Fencers from Mexico City Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Mexican expatriates in the United States Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexican people of Japanese descent Penn State Nittany Lions fencers 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-fencing-bio-stub

See also

References

External links