Aythami Ruano

Aythami Ruano

Personal information
Full name	Aythami Ruano Vega
Born	18 June 1977 (1977-06-18) (age 47) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Occupation	Judoka
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	190 kg (419 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+100 kg
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Spain European Championships 2000 Wroclaw Open 2003 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com	634

Aythami Ruano Vega[a] (also spelled Aytami, born 18 June 1977) is a Spanish judoka. He earned medals at the European Judo Championships, gold in 2000 and silver in 2003.[1] After competing in the men's +100 kg event for Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[2][3] he retired from judo and took up Canarian wrestling.[4]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2003	European Judo Championships	2nd	Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2002	European Judo Championships	5th	Open class
2001	World Judo Championships	7th	Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2000	European Judo Championships	1st	Open class
1998	European Judo Championships	5th	Open class

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruano and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

References

1. "Aythami Ruano". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2004.
2. "Aythami Ruano". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2004.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aytami Ruano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
4. "Aythami cambia el judoki por la ropa de la lucha canaria" [Aythami changes judogi for the clothes of Canarian wrestling]. AS.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2004.

External links

• Aytami Ruano at Olympics.com
• Aythami Ruano Vega at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive)