Ricardo Roberty

Ricardo Roberty
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Antonio Roberty Moreno
Nationality  Venezuela
Born 12 October 1982
Acarigua, Portuguesa,
Venezuela
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Marcial Andrades[1]
Coached by Rafael Roberty[1]

Ricardo Antonio Roberty Moreno (born October 12, 1982 in Acarigua, Portuguesa) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's middleweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal for the 74 kg division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3][4] Roberty also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, and eventually defeated Dominican Republic's Ysidro Alexis for the gold at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[5]

Roberty represented Venezuela at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 74 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Guinea-Bissau wrestler and two-time Olympian Augusto Midana, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 1–0, 1–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ricardo Roberty". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. "Ricardo Roberty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. Abbott, Gary (24 October 2011). "Burroughs, Varner reach men’s freestyle finals at Pan American Games on Monday". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "Luchador Ricardo Roberty sumó bronce en Juegos Panamericanos de Guadalajara" [Wrestler Ricardo Roberty captures bronze at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara] (in Spanish). Agencia Venezolana de Noticias. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. "Lucha venezolana se llevó el título en Mayagüez" [Venezuelan wrestlers captured titles in Mayagüez] (in Spanish). Agencia Venezolana de Noticias. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  6. "Men's 74kg Freestyle Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

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