Estela Rodríguez Explained

Full Name:Estela Rodríguez Villanueva
Birth Date:17 November 1967[1]
Birth Place:Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Death Place:Havana, Cuba
Country:Cuba
Weight Class:+72 kg, Open
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:1989
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1990
Regionals Year2:1992
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:1992
Olympics Weight:Women's +72 kg
Olympics Year2:1996
Olympics Weight2:Women's +72 kg
Updated:4 June 2023

Estela Rodríguez Villanueva (17 November 1967 – 10 April 2022) was a Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight (over 72 kg) category.[2] She returned a positive test to banned diuretic drug called furosemide at the 1996 Olympics, but was only issued with a reprimand, and allowed to keep her medals.[3] Rodríguez died in Havana on 10 April 2022, at the age of 54.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/990/Estela_Rodriguez_Villanueva/judo-career Estela Rodríguez's profile at JudoInside.com
  2. Estela Rodríguez . May 21, 2020 . August 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812232400/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/estela-rodriguez-1.html . dead .
  3. News: Medal Kept Despite Drug Test . Stephen . Wilson . July 24, 1996 . The Associated Press . WashingtonPost.com.
  4. http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2022/04/10/fallecio-la-destacada-judoca-cubana-estela-rodriguez/ Falleció la destacada judoca cubana Estela Rodríguez