Oreidis Despaigne Terry (born 20 September 1981) is a male

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, winner of the Pan American Games men's half heavyweight division at the 2007 Games, he also won the bronze medal at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

and at the

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and 2010 World Championships. He represented his native country at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. At the

2008 Summer 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 Na ...

he reached the 3rd round, losing to

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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he again reached the 3rd round, losing to

Ramziddin Sayidov Ramziddin Sayidov (born 14 April 1982) is an Uzbekistani judoka. Participating at the 2004 Olympics, he was stopped in the round of 32 by Siarhei Shundzikau of Belarus. He won a bronze medal in the middleweight (90 kg) category of the 20 ...

. His older brother

Yosvany Despaigne Yosvane Despaigne Terry (born April 13, 1976, in Cienfuegos) is a male judoka from Cuba, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (– 90 kg) at the Pan American Games (1999 and 2003). He represented his nati ...

(born 1976) also competed as a judoka on the international level.

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* * 1981 births Living people Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Cuba Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Cuban male judoka Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in judo Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub