[2] Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Limardo competed for his native country in the 2008 Olympics épée competition, placing 23rd.

[citation needed] Limardo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the individual épée event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 1 August, two days before his 27th birthday.

[3] He won the gold when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15–10 in the men's épée final, winning Venezuela's first ever fencing medal, and Latin America's first Olympic gold medal in épée in 108 years, after Ramón Fonst won the event in 1904.

In the individual event, he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Ayman Mohamed Fayez of Egypt,[6] Romain Cannone of France,[7] and Tibor Andrásfi of Hungary,[8] respectively.

President Hugo Chávez also presented him with a gold replica of Simon Bolivar's sword encrusted with precious stones.