Luis Fernando Izquierdo Martínez (born April 3, 1974) is a retired amateur Colombian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He has claimed two bronze medals in the 69 and 66-kg division at the

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(1999 and 2003), and also represented

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at the

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. Izquierdo is also a member of Jaime Lozada Wrestling Club in his native

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, under his personal coach and father Jesus Benito Izquierdo. Izquierdo qualified as a lone wrestler for the Colombian squad in the men's 66 kg class at the

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. Earlier in the process, he received a berth and rounded out the ninth spot in his respective category from the

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. He lost two straight matches each to Ukraine's Armen Vardanyan and Turkey's

Şeref Eroğlu Şeref Eroğlu (born 25 November 1975, in Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish Sport wrestling, wrestler. He won 6 times in Europe (1994-1996-1998-2001-2002-2003) and once in the World (1997). At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he competed at 66 kg and w ...

, both on technical superiority, but sailed smoothly with an easy victory over Georgia's

Manuchar Kvirkvelia Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008. ...

, who was immediately disqualified for infringing the rules of the tournament. Placing third in the prelim pool and twelfth overall, Izquierdo failed to advance to the quarterfinals. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Izquierdo's position was upgraded to tenth.

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* 1974 births Living people Colombian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Colombia Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1999 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Sportspeople from Cali Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century Colombian sportsmen 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-wrestling-bio-stub