Andy Granda (born 4 February 1992)[1] is a Cuban judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's +100 kg event at the Pan American Games.
Career[edit]
In 2014, Granda won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico.[2] Four years later, in 2018, he won the gold medal in both the men's +100 kg event and the men's team event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
He won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3]
In 2020, Granda won one of the bronze medals in the men's +100 kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4]
In 2021, Granda competed in the men's +100 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] He also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Granda represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He competed in the men's +100 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match.[7]
Granda won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey and the gold in the 2022 World Judo Championships, having won the final against Saito Tatsuro from Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ "Andy Granda". Judo Inside. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's team event" (PDF). 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Judo Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (21 November 2020). "Brazil rack up eight medals on day two of Pan American Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ DDC (25 June 2021). "Seis judocas cubanos tienen cupos asegurados para los Juegos Olímpicos | DIARIO DE CUBA". diariodecuba.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links[edit]
- Andy Granda at the International Judo Federation
- Andy Granda at JudoInside.com
- Andy Granda at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Andy Granda at Olympics.com
- Andy Granda at Olympedia
- Andy Granda at The-Sports.org
- Andy Granda on Instagram
World Judo Championships — Men's Heavyweight | |
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1965: +80 kg • 1967–75: +93 kg • 1979–97: +95 kg • 1999–present: +100 kg | |
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90 kg (1963) · +93 kg (1967–1975) · +95 kg (1979–1995) · +100 kg (1999–) | |
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