Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983) is an Italian martial artist. He was born in Casoria, Italy, and represented Italy in

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, and won the silver medal, upsetting two-time Olympic champion

Steven López Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4 ...

of the

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in the quarterfinals. In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in the men's -80 kg taekwondo event, losing to Nicolas Garcia in the semi-finals, and then beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi in his bronze medal match.

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1983 births Living people Italian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Naples Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Taekwondo practitioners of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-taekwondo-bio-stub