Yordanis Arencibia Explained

Birth Date: df=y January 24, 1980
Country:Cuba
Weight Class:–66 kg, –73 kg
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:2007
Worlds Weight:Men's 66 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2002
Regionals Year2:2006
Regionals Year3:2007
Regionals Year4:2008
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Men's 66 kg
Olympics Year2:2008
Olympics Weight2:Men's 66 kg
Updated:28 May 2023

Yordanis Arencibia Verdecia (born 24 January 1980 in Amancio Rodríguez, Cuba[1]) is a Cuban judoka.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's half-lightweight (66 kg) category, together with Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria. He also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Pak Chol-Min of North Korea.

He has also won bronze medals at the 1999, 2001 and 2003 World Judo Championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-04-18 . Yordanis Arencibia Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2024-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/yordanis-arencibia-1.html . 18 April 2020 .