Camilo Velozo

Camilo Velozo Zúñiga
Personal information
Full nameCamilo Esteban Velozo Zúñiga
Born (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28)
Sport
CountryChile
SportKarate
Weight class67 kg
EventKumite
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Chile
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Kumite 67 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Kumite 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Kumite 67 kg
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Kumite 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Kumite 67 kg

Camilo Esteban Velozo Zúñiga (born 2 February 1996)[1] is a Chilean karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[2][3] At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event.[1][4][5]

In 2021, Velozo competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He was eliminated in his third match by Sultan Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia.[6]

Velozo competed in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[7] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Camilo Velozo". 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 26 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ Benitez, Karla (5 October 2022). "Guayanesa Yorgelis Salazar y Orluis Aular aportan oro para Venezuela en Asunción 2022". Primicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.