Gabriel Lama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gabriel Lama

Olympic judoka

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1974

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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Gabriel Eduardo Lama Valenzuela (born March 2, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category.
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).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.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.
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.