Diogo Silva

Diogo Silva

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Born	7 March 1982 (Age 34) São Sebastião,SP
Medal record Men's Taekwondo Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 68 kg 2003 Santo Domingo – 68 kg South American Games Rio 2002 – 67 kg Buenos Aires 2006 – 67 kg Medellin 2010 – 68 kg Universiade Belgrado 2009 – 67 kg World Qualification Tournament for 2012 Olympics Games Baku 2011 – 68 kg Military World Games Rio 2011 – 68 kg Open championships Belgica Open 2006 – 67 kg Korea Open 2006 – 67 kg Germany Open 2007 – 67 kg US Open 2012 – 68 kg Germany Open 2006 – 67 kg Germany Open 2014 – 68 kg US Open 2011 – 68 kg US Open 2013 – 68 kg

Diogo André Silvestre da Silva (born March 7, 1982 in São Sebastião, São Paulo ) is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. He finished in the fourth place in the men's 68-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 27. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 5th in the same weight class. Silva failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Silva was raised in Londrina, Paraná, and entered sports following a suggestion of his mother, who wanted him to enter an academy to stop fighting in the street. She wanted Silva to take up judo, but he entered taekwondo because he wanted to fight "like the actors in fighting movies". He cited as influences Jet Li and Jackie Chan, the latter being star of his favorite movies, Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour. Diogo stood out for Fighting the lack of incentive and the taekwondo For the Black Movement | black cause.

Silva frequently protests against the lack of support for his sport. He has alleged that he receives only $600 reais "which come late, only between three and three months" from the taekwondo confederation, and having to spend R$5000 of his own money to train and compete in Europe. He is also an accomplished tree climber, surfer, parachutist and bunjee-jumper.

In the Olimpics games in 2004 Diogo defeated the Venezuelan Luis Alberto García with a 6 a 5 and in the second round lose to the Iranian Hadi Saei with 8 a 6 in pay-off won the Italian Carlo Molfetta and the Guatemalan Gabriel Sagastume, in the bronze dispute Diogo lose to the South-Corean Song Myeong-Seob with a 12 a 7 score,staying in fourth place.

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