Career
Vasquez made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men"s over-100 kg division. He lost his opening match to Kazakhstan"s Vyacheslav Berduta, who immediately pushed him down the tatami using the small outer hook (kosoto gake) to produce an ippon victory inside 37 seconds. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Vasquez reduced his weight to 100 kg, and qualified for his second Dominican Republic squad in the men"s half-heavyweight category, by granting an unused berth from the International Judo Federation and the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Dominicano).
Vasquez could not improve his feat from the previous Games, as he conceded with a penalty and succumbed to an ippon and a tani otoshi (valley drop) from Finland"s Timo Peltola before the five-minute regulation expired during their opening match.