Freddy Valera

Freddy Valera

Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Karate
Weight class	84 kg
Event	Kumite
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Venezuela Pan American Games 2019 Lima Kumite 84 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Kumite 84 kg South American Games 2022 Asunción Kumite 84 kg Pan American Karate Championships 2018 Santiago Kumite 84 kg

Freddy Valera is a Venezuelan karateka. He won Gold Medal in the Men's Individual -84 Kg Kumite XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023.

Career

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event.^[1][2]

At the 2018 Pan American Karate Championships, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event.^[3]

In June 2021, Valera competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] In November 2021, he competed in the men's 84 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Valera won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.

References

1. "Após 15 casos de doping, Jogos Pan-Americanos de Lima têm novo quadro de medalhas". GaúchaZH (in Portuguese). December 27, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
3. Etchells, Daniel (14 June 2018). "United States enjoy successful day as Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships get underway". InsideTheGamez.biz. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
4. "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.