Mauro Sarmiento (born August 10, 1983) is an Italian martial artist. He was born in Casoria, Italy, and represented Italy in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, and won the silver medal, upsetting two-time Olympic champion Steven López of the United States in the quarterfinals.^[1] In the gold medal round he lost to Hadi Saei.^[2]

Mauro Sarmiento

Personal information
Born	(1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 40) Casoria, Italy
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's taekwondo Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 80 kg 2012 London 80 kg European Championships 2008 Rome Middleweight Universiade 2005 Izmir Middleweight 2007 Bangkok Middleweight

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's -80 kg taekwondo event, losing to Nicolas Garcia in the semi-finals, and then beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi in his bronze medal match.^[3]