Yordanis Arencibia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arencibia and the second or maternal family name is Verdecia.

Yordanis Arencibia
Personal information
Born (1980-01-24) 24 January 1980 (age 44)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCuba
SportJudo
Weight class–66 kg, –73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2004, 2008)
World Champ.Silver (2007)
Pan American Champ. (2002, 2006, 2007,
( 2008)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍66 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Birmingham ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Munich ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Osaka ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Santo Domingo ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Montreal ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Miami ‍–‍66 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Santo Domingo ‍–‍60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2001 Cordoba ‍–‍66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Isla Margarita ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Buenos Aires ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cali ‍–‍60 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2003 Jeju ‍–‍66 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF6402
JudoInside.com952
Updated on 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.

  1. ^ "Yordanis Arencibia Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 18 April 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2024.