Driulis González Morales (born 21 September 1973 in

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) is a

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who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in

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. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the

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. Along with Australia's Mária Pekli and Japan's Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Driulis is the first female judoka to compete at five Olympics. The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Belgian Robert Van de Walle and Puerto Rican judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet.

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