Nuno Delgado
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | 2000 Sydney | -81 kg |
| European championships | ||
| gold | 1999 Bratislava | -81 kg |
| silver | 2003 Düsseldorf | -81 kg |
| Universiade | ||
| bronze | 1995 Fukuoka | -78 kg |
Nuno Miguel Delgado (born August 27, 1976 in Santarém , Portugal ) is a former Portuguese judoka . In 2000 he became the first Portuguese to win an Olympic medal in judo.
Career
Delgado started in the weight class up to 78 kilograms, in this class he finished fifth at the European Junior Championships in 1996 and won his first Portuguese championship title in 1997. From 1998 it started after the new division of the weight classes in the class up to 81 kilograms. In 1998 he was again Portuguese champion, at the Universiade he took third place. 1999 he won the European Championship in Bratislava in May; in October he finished fifth at the World Cup. In November 1999 he won his third Portuguese championship. In 2000 Delgado finished second at the World Cup in Rome, and a week later he was third in Rotterdam. At the Olympic Games in Sydney he lost in the fight for the final against the South Korean Cho In-chul ; in the battle for bronze he won against Alvaro Paseyro from Uruguay, in the sixth fight it was Delgado's fourth victory by Ippon. In 2001 Delgado won the German Open in Bonn and his fourth national championship. After a somewhat weaker 2002 with a fifth place at the European Championship, Delgado achieved his only victory in a World Cup tournament in March 2003 in Warsaw. Two months later he was only defeated at the European Championships in the final against Swiss Sergei Aschwanden . In 2003 and 2004 Delgado won his fifth and sixth Portuguese championship titles. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he was eliminated in the first round. Delgado achieved his last big win in 2006 when he won the European Cup with TSV Abensberg .
Achievements / titles
Olympic games
World championships
- 1999 : 5th place in Birmingham
European championships
- 1999 : 1st place in Bratislava
- 2002 : 5th place in Maribor
- 2003 : 2nd place in Düsseldorf
State championships
Individual evaluation
- Portuguese Judo Championship (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004
Team ranking
- Portuguese Judo Championship (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 with Sport Algés e Dafundo
- Judo Bundesliga (4): 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 with TSV Abensberg
Other titles
- Moscow Grand Prix 2001: 2nd place
- European Judo Cup: 2000 with TSV Abensberg
- Portuguese Judo Cup (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 with Sport Algés e Dafundo
Web links
- Official website of Nuno Delgado
- Nuno Delgado in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Nuno Delgado on Judoinside (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Delgado, Nuno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delgado, Nuno Miguel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santarém (Portugal) |