Amarilis Savón Carmenate (born 13 May 1974) is a

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n judoka who has competed at four

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and won three Olympic bronze medals at 1992 in

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, 1996 in

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and 2004 in

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. Currently living in

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, in the

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serving as a lead instructor and coach at Somerset Academy Charter. She coached three athletes at the 2013 USA Judo Senior Nationals who earned one gold and one silver medal.

Olympic Games Career

Amarilis first competed at the

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for

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. She competed in the women's extra lightweight category and finished third and won the bronze medal. Four years later, Amarilis competed at the

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. Her first bout was in the round of 16 against Algeria's Salima Souakri, the fifth-place finisher from the previous games. Amarilis won this bout to progress to her quarterfinals bout against

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of the

and won once again. Amarilis lost her semifinals bout against eventual silver medal winner Ryoko Tamura but Amarilis went through to the repechage rounds for the bronze medals. Amarilis qualified straight for the bronze medal bout and was eventually paired against Sarah Nichilo from

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. Amarilis won this bout and won another bronze medal. At

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in Sydney, Amarilis didn't medal, she won her first bout against Laura Manuela Moise from

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but lost her next bout in the quarterfinals to the silver medal winner from

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, Lyubov Bruletova. This did mean however that she would go through to the repechage rounds for bronze medals. This time however, she didn't qualify straight for a bronze medal final. She won her first repechage bout against Victoria Dunn of

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but lost her next bout to Belgium's bronze medal winner Ann Simons and didn't go through to the bronze medal bout. 2004 was Amarilis' last Olympics that she competed at and she won her last

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of her

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career. Her first bout was against Sweden's Sanna Askelöf and she won by a dominant 1000-0000. She won her second bout in the round of 16 was against Lee Eun-hee from

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and won dominantly once again 1010-0000. Her quarterfinals bout was against the other bronze medal winner

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from

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and won 0101-0000. Amarilis lost her semifinals bout to silver medalists Yuki Yokosawa of Japan by a score of 0010-1000. Amarilis' bronze medal bout was against Algeria's Salima Souakri and Amarilis won the bout 0100-0000 and the bronze medal. Amarilys Savon at Sports Reference
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savon, Amarilis 1974 births Living people Olympic judoka for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1995 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Havana Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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 medalists in judo Universiade medalists in judo Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games