Julian Rojas
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Julián Alberto Rojas Rivera |
| Nationality |  Colombia |
| Born | 11 May 1978 La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia |
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| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event(s) | +80 kg |
Julián Alberto Rojas Rivera (born May 11, 1978 in La Montañita, Caquetá) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner, who attained a seventh-place finish in the men's heavyweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Rojas qualified for the Colombian squad in the men's heavyweight class (+80 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by defeating Costa Rica's Kristopher Moitland for a top spot and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Querétaro, Mexico.[3][4] He lost his opening match by a 3–7 margin to Greek crowd favorite and two-meter-tall fighter Alexandros Nikolaidis, but redeemed himself to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage, following Nikolaidis' progress towards the final.[5] In the repechage, Rojas subsided his Olympic medal chance for Colombia by losing the first playoff 2–6 to tall Moroccan player Abdelkader Zrouri, relegating him to seventh position.[6][7]
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