IZQUIERDO MENDEZ Carlos Arturo

Colombia

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 2 Oct 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: BUGA

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : BUGA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 86kg	12

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 86kg 1/8 Final #193 SMR AMINE MNAMINE Myles Nazem 12 VSU1 COL IZQUIERDO MENDEZ CIZQUIERDO MENDEZ Carlos Arturo 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
18	Freestyle 74kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men's 76kg	2014	Nanjing, CHN

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Freestyle 86kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
20	Freestyle 86kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
24	Freestyle 86kg	2017	Paris, FRA

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Freestyle 86kg	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Freestyle 86kg	2020	Ottawa, ON, CAN
5	Freestyle 86kg	2018	Lima, PER
10	Freestyle 86kg	2017	Salvador, BRA

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	Freestyle 86kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

World Championships U23

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Freestyle 86kg	2019	Budapest, HUN

Junior World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	Freestyle 74kg	2016	Macon, FRA

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Club name:

Valle del Cauca Department [Colombia]

Coach:

Mario Izquierdo [brother], COL

Sporting relatives:

His sister Leidy Marcela has represented Colombia in freestyle wrestling, and competed at the world championships on four occasions between 2013 and 2018. His brother Mario Izquierdo has worked as a coach of the Colombia wrestling team, while his uncle Luis Fernando Izquierdo represented Colombia in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. His father Carlos has also competed in the sport at an elite level. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Feb 2020; noticias.caracoltv.com, 27 Nov 2019; Cali es Deporte Play YouTube channel, 07 Oct 2019; elperiodicowebdeportes.blogspot.com, 16 May 2016; Facebook profile, 30 Apr 2016)

Start:

He began wrestling at age nine at school in Buga, Colombia. (eltabloide.com.co, 14 Mar 2016; coldeportes.gov.co, 01 Aug 2014)

Reason:

The sport was popular in his family. "I wanted to be a footballer. I used to play football all day long in the neighbourhood. My brother told me try wrestling one day, and if I didn't like it I could just leave. I went and wrestled against his trained kids, I beat everybody and I said, 'This is for me.'" (Cali es Deporte Play YouTube channel, 07 Oct 2019; coldeportes.gov.co, 01 Aug 2014)

Philosophy:

"If you do not live to serve, you are not living." (Facebook page, 20 Aug 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/carlosizquierdo74

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VSU1:: Victory by technical superiority - with point(s) scored by the opponent

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