Yamila Zambrano Cuencha (born February 10, 1986 in

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) is a

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who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She captured a gold medal in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Pan American Judo Championships in

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. Zambrano qualified as an 18-year-old teen for the Cuban squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) 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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, by placing first from the Pan American Judo Championships in

. She lost her opening match to Algeria's

Soraya Haddad Soraya Haddad (born 30 September 1984) is an Algerian judoka. She won abronze medal in the 52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has been the African champion five times: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2012, and also a bronze me ...

, who successfully scored an

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, and threw her into the

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with a

kuchiki taoshi is a single leg takedown in Judo adopted later by the Kodokan into their Shinmeisho No Waza (newly accepted techniques) list. It is categorized as a hand technique, Te-waza. Technique Description Kuchiki taoshi is sometimes translated as "d ...

(single leg takedown) assault at one minute and fifty-four seconds.

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* 1986 births Living people Olympic judoka of Cuba Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Havana Cuban female judoka 20th-century Cuban women 21st-century Cuban women {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub