Damián Quintero

Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila (born 4 July 1984)[1] is a Spanish karateka. He is a two-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the World Championships, a six-time gold medalist in his event at the European Championships and a two-time gold medalist in this event at the European Games. He is scheduled to represent Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Damián Quintero
Damián Quintero (2017)
Personal information
Full nameDamián Hugo Quintero Capdevila
Born (1984-07-04) 4 July 1984
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sport
CountrySpain
SportKarate

Born in Buenos Aires, he emigrated with his family to Spain at the age of five.[3]

Career

Quintero at K1PL 2018 in Berlin

In 2017, he won the silver medal in the individual kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[4][5]

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[6][7] In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2019 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.[8] In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.[9][10]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2010 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Team kata
2014 World Championships Bremen, Germany 1st Team kata
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st Individual kata
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 2nd Individual kata
3rd Team kata
2017 World Games Wrocław, Poland 2nd Individual kata
2018 World Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd Individual kata
2019 World Beach Games Doha, Qatar 1st Individual kata

References

  1. "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Damian Quintero: I get goose bumps, it is a dream come true". World Karate Federation. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. Barker, Philip (13 October 2019). "Spain celebrate double karate gold at ANOC World Beach Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.


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