Asley González (born 5 September 1989 in

Caibarién Caibarién is a municipality city in the Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara province of Cuba. Caibarién is known as "La Villa Blanca" () for its sands and beaches. They are famous for their "Parrandas" (Carnivals) along with Remedios, Cuba, Reme ...

) is a Cuban

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ka. He won the 2013 World Championship in the −90 kg event. At the

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, he won the silver medal in the Men's 90 kg competition.

Career

At the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, González competed in the −90 kg category, and lost his first match to Yves-Matthieu Dafreville. As Dafreville reached the semifinals, González was entered into the repechage, where he also lost his first match, to

Roberto Meloni Roberto Meloni (born 20 February 1981 in Rome) is an Italian judoka. Height 1.79m, weight 90 kg Achievements External links * * 1981 births Living people Italian male judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at ...

. At the 2012 Olympics, he beat Héctor Campos,

Dmitrij Gerasimenko Dmitrij Gerasimenko ( sr-cyr, Дмитриј Герасименко, russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Герасименко; born 1 October 1987 in Zlatoust, Soviet Union) is a Serbian judoka and sambo competitor of Russian origi ...

and Mark Anthony, before beating

Kirill Denisov Kirill Georgiyevich Denisov (russian: Кири́лл Гео́ргиевич Дени́сов; born 25 January 1988) is a Russian judoka. Career He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the semifinals to Asley Gonz ...

in the semifinal. In the final, González lost to

Song Dae-Nam Song Dae-Nam (Hangul: 송대남; ; born 5 April 1979 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do) is a former South Korean judoka. Song rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics. He was then nominated as the ...

but won the silver medal. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, he beat Martín Michel and

Quedjau Nhabali Quedjau Frantsiskovych Nhabali ( uk, Кеджау Францискович Ньябалі; born 8 July 1990) is a Ukrainian judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of Janua ...

before losing to

Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar ( mn, Лхагвасүрэнгийн Отгонбаатар; born 20 January 1993) is a Mongolian judoka. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championship ...

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* Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba 1989 births Living people Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cuban male judoka World judo champions Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games People from Caibarién Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub