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
Died
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–66 kg, –73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004, 2008)
World Champ.	(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 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 1998 Santo Domingo ‍–‍60 kg 2001 Cordoba ‍–‍66 kg 2004 Isla Margarita ‍–‍66 kg Bronze medal – third place 2009 Buenos Aires ‍–‍73 kg IJF Grand Slam 2009 Paris ‍–‍73 kg World Juniors Championships Gold medal – first place 1998 Cali ‍–‍60 kg Summer Universiade 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
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Updated on 28 May 2023

Yordanis Arencibia Verdecia (born 24 January 1980 in Amancio Rodríguez, Cuba) 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.

External links

• Yordanis Arencibia at The-Sports.org