Gabriel Lama

Gabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela (born March 2, 1974, in Santiago) is a Chilean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category.^[1] He picked up a total of twelve medals in his career, including a bronze from the 2002 South American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and represented his nation Chile in the 90-kg class in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).^[2][3]

Gabriel Lama

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela
Nationality	Chile
Born	(1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 50) Santiago, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event	90 kg
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Chile South American Games 2002 Rio de Janeiro 90 kg

Lama participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 90-kg division. In his opening match, Lama conceded with a chui penalty and succumbed to yuko from Azerbaijan's Rasul Salimov at the end of the five-minute bout.^[3][4][5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lama qualified as a lone judoka for his second Chilean squad in the men's middleweight class (90 kg), by placing seventh and granting a berth from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.^[6] Lama failed to improve his feat from the previous Games, as he received two penalties for passivity and fell in an inner-thigh throw (uchi mata) and a waza-ari defeat from U.S. judoka Brian Olson at the closure of their five-minute, first round match.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "Gabriel Lama". 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
2. "Siguen medallas para Chilito" [Chileans continue to win medals] (in Spanish). La Cuarta Deportiva. 3 August 2002. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
3. "Regresó el primer grupo de deportistas desde Sydney" [The first group of athletes had finally returned from Sydney] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
4. "Sydney 2000: Judo – Men's Middleweight (90kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 102–103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
5. "El balance chileno en Sydney" [Chilean balance in Sydney] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
6. "Gabriel Lama sumó otro fracaso nacional en Grecia" [Gabriel Lama added another national failure in Athens] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
7. "Judo: Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
8. "Lama no pudo avanzar en el judo olímpico" [Lama failed to advance in Olympic judo] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
9. "Lama también se despide de Atenas en primera ronda" [Lama bids farewell to Athens from the first round] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

External links

• Gabriel Lama on Twitter
• Gabriel Lama at JudoInside.com