Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila (born 4 July 1984) is a Spanish karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the World Championships, a seven-time gold medalist in his event at the European Championships and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Games.
Early life Born in Buenos Aires, he emigrated with his family to Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain a few years later. He began his karate training in 1991, at a Goju Ryu school run by Lorenzo Marin. In 1997, he won the Spanish national championship children's category.
Career
In 2017, Quintero won the silver medal in the individual kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.
In 2019, Quintero won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.
Quintero represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event. A few months after the Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Quintero won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
Quintero won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Rank Event2004European ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 2ndIndividual kata2005European ChampionshipsSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain 1stTeam kata2006European ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway 3rdTeam kata2007European ChampionshipsBratislava, Slovakia 3rdTeam kata2008European ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia 3rdTeam kata2009European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 2ndTeam kata 2010European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 2ndTeam kataWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rdTeam kata 2011 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 2ndIndividual kata 2ndTeam kata2012European ChampionshipsAdeje, Spain 2ndTeam kata 2013 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1stIndividual kata 1stTeam kata 2014 European Championships Tampere, Finland 2ndIndividual kata 1stTeam kataWorld ChampionshipsBremen, Germany 1stTeam kata 2015 European Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1stIndividual kata 1stTeam kataEuropean GamesBaku, Azerbaijan 1stIndividual kata 2016 European Championships Montpellier, France 1stIndividual kata 2ndTeam kata World Championships Linz, Austria 2ndIndividual kata 3rdTeam kata 2017European Championshipsİzmit, Turkey 1stIndividual kataWorld GamesWrocław, Poland 2ndIndividual kata 2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia 1stIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 2ndIndividual kata 2019European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain 1stIndividual kataEuropean GamesMinsk, Belarus 1stIndividual kataWorld Beach GamesDoha, Qatar 1stIndividual kata 2021European ChampionshipsPoreč, Croatia 2ndIndividual kataSummer OlympicsTokyo, Japan 2ndIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates 2ndIndividual kata 2022European ChampionshipsGaziantep, Turkey 2ndIndividual kataWorld GamesBirmingham, United States 2ndIndividual kata 2023European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain 1stIndividual kataEuropean GamesKraków and Małopolska, Poland 1stIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 2ndIndividual kata 2024 European Championships Zadar, Croatia 2ndIndividual kata 2ndTeam kata
References
External links
Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila at KarateRec.com