{{short description|Venezuelan Greco-Roman wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Erwin Caraballo | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Erwin José Caraballo Cabrera | nickname = | nationality = {{VEN}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela | death_date = | death_place = | height = 185 cm | weight = 96 kg | website = | country = | sport = Wrestling | event = Greco-Roman | collegeteam = | club = La Puente<ref name=london-2012/> | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Milcho Radulovski<ref name=london-2012/> | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{VEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro|96 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara|96 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|96 kg}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Erwin José Caraballo Cabrera''' (born July 21, 1981) is an amateur Venezuelan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.<ref name=london-2012>{{cite web|title=Erwin Caraballo|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/caraballo-cabrera-erwin-jose-1089464/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=7 February 2013|archive-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402144531/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/caraballo-cabrera-erwin-jose-1089464/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Erwin Caraballo|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/erwin-caraballo-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114303/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/erwin-caraballo-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 February 2013}}</ref> He won two bronze medals for the 96&nbsp;kg division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Durlacher, Ruiz set to go for gold, Dantzler will wrestle for bronze at Pan American Games|url=http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2007/panams/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=16972|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=25 July 2007|accessdate=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816103451/http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2007/panams/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=16972|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Betterman, Provisor go for gold, Gounaridis for bronze in Pan Am Games Greco on Friday night|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24258|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=21 October 2011|accessdate=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818224056/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24258|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Caraballo also defeated Mexico's Joel López for the gold medal in the same division at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Caraballo is a member of the wrestling team for La Puente Sporting Club, and is coached and trained by Milcho Radulovski.<ref name=london-2012/>

Caraballo represented Venezuela at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Estonia's Ardo Arusaar, who was able to score five points in two straight periods, leaving Caraballo without a single point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Qualification|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-96kg/match=wrm196516/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=7 February 2013|archive-date=4 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404014706/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-96kg/match=wrm196516/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130411111400/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=caraballo-cabrera-erwin-jose-1089464/index.html NBC Olympics Profile] * {{sports links}}

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