Estela Rodríguez Villanueva (17 November 1967 – 10 April 2022) was a Cuban
judoka
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. She won silver medals at the
1992
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and
1996 Summer Olympics
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, both in the Half Heavyweight (over 72 kg) category. She returned a positive test to banned
diuretic
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drug called
furosemide
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at the 1996 Olympics, but was only issued with a reprimand, and allowed to keep her medals. Rodríguez died in Havana on 10 April 2022, at the age of 54.
Falleció la destacada judoca cubana Estela Rodríguez
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1967 births
2022 deaths
Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
Cuban sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in judo
Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Cuba
Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
Olympic medalists in judo
Cuban female judoka
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games medalists in judo
Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games
Judoka at the 1991 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
20th-century Cuban women
21st-century Cuban women
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