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.