Franklin Cisneros
Personal information
Full nameFranklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte
Born(1983-12-21)21 December 1983
San Salvador, El Salvador
Died28 October 2023(2023-10-28) (aged 39)
Florida, U.S.
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event81 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  El Salvador
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2007 Rio de Janeiro 81 kg

Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte (21 December 1983 – 28 October 2023) was a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Cisneros represented El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by an ippon and a juji gatame (back-lying perpendicular armbar) to U.S. judoka and Pan American Games champion Travis Stevens.[3][4]

Cisneros died on 28 October 2023, at the age of 39.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franklin Cisneros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Reser and Stevens Win Gold, Gotay Takes Silver at the Pan American Games". Team USA. 21 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "How U.S. athletes fared Tuesday". Herald Mail. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Falleció el ex judoca y seleccionado nacional Franklin Cisneros". Diario El Salvador. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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