{{short description|Venezuelan freestyle wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Luis Vivénes | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Luis Felipe Vivénes Urbanesa | nickname = | nationality = {{VEN}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.85|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|96|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = Wrestling | event = Freestyle | collegeteam = | club = Munisipalito Cumaná | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Edy Azuaje | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{VEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Rio de Janeiro|96 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|96 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Lima|125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|96 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Cartagena|96 kg}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Luis Felipe Vivénes Urbanesa''' (born October 6, 1980 in Cumaná, Sucre) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Luis Vivénes|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/luis-vivenes-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/luis-vivenes-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 25 December 2012}}</ref> He won two medals each for his division at the Pan American Games (2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico), and at the Central American and Caribbean Games (2006 in Cartagena, Colombia, and 2010 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico).<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Burroughs, Varner win freestyle gold medals at Pan American Games on Monday|url=http://www.themat.com/article.php?ArticleID=24273|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=24 October 2011|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lucha venezolana se llevó el título en Mayagüez|trans-title=Venezuelan wrestler took the title in Mayaguez|language=Spanish|url=http://www.mindeporte.gob.ve/portal2009/noticias-mindeporte/3067-lucha-venezolana-se-llevo-el-titulo-en-mayagueez|publisher=Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela|date=27 July 2010|accessdate=25 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130421232819/http://www.mindeporte.gob.ve/portal2009/noticias-mindeporte/3067-lucha-venezolana-se-llevo-el-titulo-en-mayagueez|archivedate=21 April 2013}}</ref>
Vivenes represented Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed as a lone male wrestler in the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Kazakhstan's Taimuraz Tigiyev, who was able to score nine points in two straight periods, leaving Vivenes without a single point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Freestyle 96kg (211.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM296403/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817180304/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM296403/index.html|archive-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Vivenes offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. He was defeated by Cuba's Michel Batista in the first round, with a technical score of 1–3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Freestyle 96kg (211.5 lbs) Repechage Round 2 Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM296351/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817180247/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM296351/index.html|archive-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=7017AF3675E1475C9D67F1037FB820BC Profile – International Wrestling Database] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825111134/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=67297/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]
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