Jaime Espinal

Jaime Espinal
Espinal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityDominican
Puerto Rican
Born (1984-10-14) October 14, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[2][3]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[4]
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubSparta[5]
Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Coached byPedro Rojas[5]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Puerto Rico
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 84 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 86 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz 86 kg

Jaime Yusept Espinal Fajardo (born October 14, 1984) is a Dominican-born Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler. In 2012 he became the first Olympic medalist in wrestling for Puerto Rico by winning a silver medal in the 84 kg division.[5] He also became the first Puerto Rican who was born somewhere else to win an Olympic medal for the country.

  1. ^ "Jaime Yusept Espinal". London 2012. 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Jaime Espinal, la lucha por abrir caminos al futuro de Puerto Rico". Terra (in Spanish). AFP. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "El luchador Jaime Espinal da una inédita e inesperada plata a Puerto Rico". Terra (in Spanish). AFP. August 11, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
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  5. ^ a b c Jaime Yusept Espinal. nbcolympics.com