Cuban Judo

Cuba asserts its power in Guatemala with five gold medals at the regional judo qualifying event

Cuba reigned in the Central American Judo Cup Panama 2026

Two Cuban champions reunite in Miami

Judoka Dayanara Curbelo wins the first gold for Cuba at the Junior Pan American Games

The decline of Cuban judo continues: zero medals in Budapest 2025

ICE detains Cuban judoka who escaped from an official delegation: His family fears he will be deported

Cuba remains without medals at the Judo World Championship in Budapest: Maylín del Toro loses in her debut

Cuba will compete with nine judokas at the World Championship in Budapest

Two Cuban judokas leave delegation and seek asylum in Chile

Andy Granda leads Cuba with gold at the 2025 Pan American Judo Championship

Cuban Iván Felipe Silva shines on the mat: Gold at the Grand Prix in Austria

Cuban judokas win bronze at the Tashkent Grand Slam

Cuban judoka Dayle Ojeda recounts how she defected during the Paris Olympics: "I kept looking back to see if they were following me."

Nationalized Spaniard judoka Ayumi Leiva: "In Cuba, I was humiliated."

Cuban judoka Sheyla Hernández wins silver at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Cuban judoka Andy Granda loses bout for Olympic bronze in Paris

Cubans under other flags in Paris 2024: the fighter Yasmani Acosta, with Chile in his heart

Cuban judo legend Idalys Ortiz falls in the round of 16 and leaves Paris without a medal

Cuban judoka Iván Silva falls after a tough match against Erlan Cherov in Paris

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro eliminated in her debut at Paris 2024

Cuban judoka leaves the team in Paris ahead of the Olympics

Cubans Under Other Flags in Paris 2024: María Celia Laborde, the Gift of Perseverance

16-year-old Cuban athlete who died of a heart attack had won a gold medal at the National School Games

16-year-old Cuban athlete dies of a heart attack days after competing in the National School Games

Cuban judoka María Celia Laborde pursues her Olympic dream for the United States

Cuban judoka to represent the United States in Paris 2024

Interview with Oscar Brayson: "I am in Honduras raising the level of judo in this Central American country."

Judoka Magdiel Estrada leaves the Cuban delegation in Brazil

Cuban judoka Ónix Cortés: "I always remember Veitía because he taught us to be strong."

Family seeks help to send judoka Maricet Espinosa's body to Cuba: "There is a devastated mother"

Cuban judoka Maricet Espinosa passes away at the age of 34

Shooting and judo bring gold to the Cuban delegation at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games

Cuban judo wins gold in mixed teams at the Pan American Games

Pan American gold for the Cuban table tennis players in mixed doubles

Cuba's harvest of golds grows thanks to the Pan American Judo Championships

Cuban table tennis will have representatives in Paris 2024

Cuba is in sixth place at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

Golden judo medals propel Cuba forward in the Pan American standings

Idalys Ortiz and Julio César La Cruz will be the flag bearers for Cuba at the Pan American Games in Santiago

Andy Granda is crowned in the Pan American and Oceania judo tournament in Calgary

World Champion Manolo Poulot: "With my effort and my work, I can carve out a life for myself that I cannot have in Cuba."

Cuban judokas win team event in Russia

Cuban judo wins another title at the university festival in Russia

Cuba wins gold, silver, and bronze at Russian university festival

Cuban young judokas head to the mats in Russia

Cuban judo capsizes at the World Masters tournament in Hungary

Massive defection: Five Cuban judokas abandon tour in France

Cuba finishes without medals at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Two other Cubans fail to reach the podium at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Cuban Silva once again clinches bronze at the Judo World Championships

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro also fails to advance past the first round of the world championship

Bitter debut for Cuban judokas at the World Championship in Doha

Eight Cuban judokas will compete in the imminent World Championship in Doha

Cuban judokas assert their authority at the Junior Pan American Cup

Silva and Granda from Matanzas win bronze medals at the Judo Grand Slam in Georgia

Cuban judoka Magdiel Estrada misses out on the podium at the Grand Slam in Georgia

Bronze for Cuban judoka Andy Granda at the Tashkent Grand Slam

Cuban Estrada wins bronze at the Judo Grand Slam in Tashkent

Cuban judo stars fail to reach the podium at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam

Cuban Maylín del Toro declares herself the runner-up at the Judo Grand Slam in Tel Aviv