Career
Sagastume made his official debut, as an 18-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he lost his opening match to Filipino taekwondo jin Roberto Cruz in the men"s flyweight class (58 kg). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sagastume qualified for the Guatemalan squad in the men"s featherweight class (68 kg), by placing third and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Querétaro, Mexico. Sagastume improved his previous Olympic feat by dispatching South Africa"s Duncan Mahlangu (11–7) in the prelims and Australia"s Carlo Massimino (5–4) in the quarterfinals, before falling in a defeat to Chinese Taipei"s Huang Chih-hsiung, who landed him a counterblow by a late surge to produce a 7–5 record.
Actually, Sagastume works for the sports and leisure council in Guatemala, also is a international TKD referee, and work on an International Olympic Committee OUTREACH PROGRAM that helps athletes to get their lives planified after retirement.
