Alberto Gaitero Explained

Full Name:Alberto Gaitero Martin
Birth Date:1996 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Valladolid, Spain
Height:172 cm
Weight:66 kg
Country:Spain
Weight Class:66 kg
Worlds Rank:R16
Worlds Year:2022
Worlds Weight:Men's 66 kg
Worlds Year2:2023
Worlds Weight2:Men's 66 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:2
Regionals Year:2022
Regionals Weight:Men's 66 kg
Olympics Rank:R32
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Men's 66 kg
Updated:16 February 2024

Alberto Gaitero Martín (born 3 July 1996) is a Spanish judoka. He is a silver medalist at the Mediterranean Games and a two-time medalist at the European Judo Championships.

Career

Gaitero won the silver medal in the men's 66kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[1] He competed at the World Judo Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.

In 2021, Gaitero competed in the men's 66kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[2] A few months later, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[3] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 66kg event at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[4]

Gaitero competed in the men's 66kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by Georgii Zantaraia of Ukraine.[5]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2018 2nd −66kg
2021 3rd −66kg
2022 2nd −66kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judo Medalists. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180704175400/https://tarragona2018-reports.s3.amazonaws.com/JUD/MED18_JUD-------------------------------_C92_v1..pdf. 4 July 2018. 6 January 2021. 2018 Mediterranean Games.
  2. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. live. 12 January 2021. International Judo Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112080811/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/draw . 12 January 2021 .
  3. News: Shefferd. Neil. 1 April 2021. Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 April 2021.
  4. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 16 April 2021. Buchard beats Giuffrida on dramatic opening day at European Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.