Asley González Explained

Asley González
Birth Place:Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba
Weight Class:–90 kg, –100 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2013
Worlds Weight:Men's 90 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2011
Regionals Year2:2013
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:2012
Olympics Weight:Men's 90 kg
Show-Medals:yes
Updated:25 May 2023

Asley González (born 5 September 1989 in Caibarién) is a Cuban judoka.[1] [2] He won the 2013 World Championship in the −90 kg event.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 90 kg competition.

Career

At the 2008 Olympics, González competed in the −90 kg category, and lost his first match to Yves-Matthieu Dafreville. As Dafreville reached the semifinals, González was entered into the repechage, where he also lost his first match, to Roberto Meloni.

At the 2012 Olympics, he beat Héctor Campos, Dmitrij Gerasimenko and Mark Anthony, before beating Kirill Denisov in the semifinal. In the final, González lost to Song Dae-Nam but won the silver medal.

At the 2016 Olympics, he beat Martín Michel and Quedjau Nhabali before losing to Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asley González . London2012.com . . August 2, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030111402/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gonzalez-asley-1083517/ . 2012-10-30.
  2. Asley Gonzalez . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/asley-gonzalez-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2018-08-24.
  3. Web site: Asley Gonzalez . JudoInside.com . 2018-08-24.