Felipe Novoa

Felipe Novoa Cianelli (born April 28, 1984 in Santiago) is a Chilean judoka, who played for the half-lightweight category.[2] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2005 Pan American Judo Championships in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and added three more titles to his collection from the South American Championships.[1][3] Novoa is also the son of Eduardo Novoa, who competed in the men's middleweight class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Felipe Novoa
Personal information
Full nameFelipe Novoa Cianelli
Nationality Chile
Born (1984-04-28) 28 April 1984
Santiago, Chile
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)66 kg
College teamMiami Hurricanes (USA)[1]

Novoa represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out, by an ippon (full point) and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw), to Italy's Giovanni Casale.[4]

References
  1. Patel, Pravel (25 August 2008). "Canes represent Miami and respective countries at 2008 Beijing Olympics". European Judo Union. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Felipe Novoa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. "2005 Pan American Championships – Caguas, Puerto Rico". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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