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Driulis González

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Driulis González
Personal information
Born (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 (age 51)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCuba
SportJudo
Weight class–57 kg, –63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (1996)
World Champ.Gold (1995, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Champ. (1992, 1994, 1996,
( 1997, 1998, 2007,
( 2008)
Profile at external databases
IJF16149
JudoInside.com969
Updated on 31 May 2023

Driulis González Morales (born 21 September 1973 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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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