Oreidis Despaigne

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

Oreidis Despaigne
Personal information
Full nameOreidis Despaigne Terry
Born (1981-09-20) 20 September 1981 (age 43)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCuba
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games9th (2004)
World Champ.Bronze (2007, 2010)
Pan American Champ. (2004, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2010, 2010,
2011)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo ‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Isla Margarita ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Montreal ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Buenos Aires ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 San Salvador ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 San Salvador Open
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Santo Domingo ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Miami ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Montreal ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF962
JudoInside.com13539
Updated on 25 July 2023

Oreidis Despaigne Terry (born 20 September 1981) is a male judoka from Cuba, winner of the Pan American Games men's half heavyweight division at the 2007 Games. Terry also won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and at the 2007 and 2010 World Championships.

Terry represented his native Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, competing in the men's 100 kg category.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached the 3rd round, losing to Jang Sungho.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he reached the 2nd round, losing to Ramziddin Sayidov.[3]

His older brother Yosvany Despaigne (born 1976) also competed as a judoka on the international level.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oreidis Despaigne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Beijing 2008 Judo - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  3. ^ "London 2012 90 100kg halfheavyweight men Results - Olympic judo".
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