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682:"Bronce para Caraballo en lucha grecorromana"
820:Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
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715:Profile – International Wrestling Database
795:Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
332:2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
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830:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
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624:"Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 120kg"
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380:Athens
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