Jayme Lee Mata (born 17 December 1982 in

Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad ( , , ; literally "Prince of Orange, Orange City"), the Capital city, capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island. In Papiamento, the local language, Oranjestad is commonly r ...

) is an

Aruba Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná Peninsula, Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. In 19 ...

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. 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 66 kg, but was defeated in the second round by Sugoi Uriarte. 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 ...

, Mata won his first Olympic match by defeating

Joe Mahit Joe Mahit (born 17 July 1992) is a Vanuatuan judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities i ...

in the second round of the Men's 66 kg but lost to Rishod Sobirov in the third round. He lives in

Arnhem Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...

, the Netherlands.

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* Aruban male judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Aruba Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Oranjestad, Aruba 1982 births {{Aruba-judo-bio-stub