Yalennis Castillo

Yalennis Castillo
Castillo (left) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameYalennis Castillo Ramírez
Born (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCuba
SportJudo
‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍78 kg
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2008)
7th (2007, 2014)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2006, 2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 Beijing‍–‍78 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 ParisWomen's team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2011 Guadalajara‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto‍–‍78 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Buenos Aires‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Guayaquil‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2008 Miami‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 San Salvador‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 Montreal‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2004 Isla Margarita‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2004 Isla MargaritaOpen
Bronze medal – third place2011 Guadalajara‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Edmonton‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Havana‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2014 Havana‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Almaty‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3082
JudoInside.com38896
Updated on 30 May 2023

Yalennis Castillo Ramírez (born 21 May 1986) is a Cuban judoka.[1][2] She was born in Moa, Holguín, Cuba on 21 May 1986. She practiced judo since she was a child.

Castillo first won medals in the 2004 Pan American Championships and the Leonding Tournament in Austria. She won the silver medal in the women's team event of the 2006 World Team Championships and a bronze medal in the 2007 World Cup in Vienna, Austria. That year she also participated in the 2007 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Castillo's greatest result was in the 2008, where Castillo won a silver medal in the ‍–‍78 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a disputed match against the local contender Yang Xiuli. During 2008 she also won the Torneo de Cuenca in Ecuador, the Tre Torri in Italy, the Super Cup of the World, in Hamburg, Germany, and the 2008 Pan American Championships in Miami, USA.

Castillo was intermittently in and out of international competition due to an injury and because she married Cuban baseball player Frank Morejón and had a child. By 2014 she had returned to competition. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, she lost in the quarterfinals to Anamari Velenšek from Slovenia and then lost the bronze medal match through the repechage, finishing 5th.

References

  1. ↑ "Coverage of 2018 Winter Games". sports.yahoo.com.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yalennis Castillo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

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