fullname event headercolor birth_place weight height sport birth_date article_title name
richard leon vizcaya 73 kg lightblue caracas , distrito capital , venezuela 73 kg lb 0 on 1.80 0 on judo 7 january 1976 richard leon -lrb- judoka -rrb-
 richard leon
richard leon -lrb- judoka -rrb-

richard leon vizcaya -lrb- born january 7 , 1976 in caracas , distrito capital -rrb- is a venezuelan judoka , who played for the lightweight category .
he won two bronze medals for the 73 and 81 kg classes at the 2006 pan american judo championships in buenos aires , argentina , and at the 2008 pan american judo championships in miami , florida .
leon made his official debut for the 2004 summer olympics in athens , where he lost the first preliminary match of men 's lightweight class -lrb- 73 kg -rrb- , with an ippon and an osoto otoshi -lrb- big outer drop -rrb- , to moldova 's victor bivol .
because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals , leon offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts .
unfortunately , he was defeated in the first round by iran 's hamed malekmohammadi , who successfully scored an ippon and a sukui-nage -lrb- double leg takedown -rrb- , at one minute and fifty-four seconds .
at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , leon competed for the second time in men 's 73 kg class .
leon lost the first preliminary match , by a koka and a golden score , to china 's si rijigawa , although he received a penalty for false attack .
