Career
Liendo also defeated United States. wrestler Joe Betterman for the gold medal in the same division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, earning him a spot on the Venezuelan wrestling team for the Olympics. At age thirty-one, Liendo made his official Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men"s 60 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Kazakhstan"s Almat Kebispayev, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 2–0, 0–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.