Asley González

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.[2]

Asley González
Personal information
Born5 September 1989 (1989-09-05) (age 33)
Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country
SportJudo
Weight class–90 kg, –100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (2013)
Pan American Champ. (2011, 2013)
Olympic GamesSilver (2012)
Profile at external databases
IJF7755, 65194
JudoInside.com46200
Updated on 24 October 2022.

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.[2]

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.[2]

At the 2016 Olympics, he beat Martín Michel and Quedjau Nhabali before losing to Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar.[2]

References

  1. "Asley González". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Asley Gonzalez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  3. "Asley Gonzalez". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.