Yosvane Despaigne Terry (born April 13, 1976, in
Cienfuegos
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) is a male
judo
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ka from
Cuba
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, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (– 90 kg) at the
Pan American Games
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(1999 and 2003).
He represented his native country at three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in
1996
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. His younger brother
Oreidis Despaigne
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, he also won the bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and at the 2007 and 2 ...
was also competing as a judoka on the international level.
References
sports-reference
1976 births
Living people
Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games
Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
Olympic judoka for Cuba
Cuban male judoka
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games medalists in judo
Universiade medalists in judo
Universiade bronze medalists for Cuba
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Cienfuegos
20th-century Cuban people
21st-century Cuban people
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