Damián Quintero

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Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila, born July 4, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a Spanish karateka who competes in kata. He moved to Spain as a child, grew up in Torremolinos, and began karate in 1991 at a Goju Ryu school. He won the Spanish national children’s championship in 1997.

Quintero is one of the world’s top kata competitors. Highlights of his career include:
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics: silver medal in men’s kata
- World Championships: four silver medals in men’s individual kata
- European Championships: seven gold medals in men’s individual kata
- European Games: gold medals in men’s individual kata (three times)
- World Games: silver medals in men’s individual kata (Wrocław 2017; Birmingham 2022)
- World Beach Games: gold in men’s individual kata (Doha 2019)
- 2023 World Karate Championships: silver in men’s individual kata
- 2019 Minsk European Games: gold in men’s individual kata
- 2023 Guadalajara European Championships: gold in men’s individual kata

Quintero remains a leading figure in international karate, known for his precision and consistency in kata.