Andy Granda Explained

Andy Granda
Birth Date:1992 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Matanzas, Cuba
Weight Class:+100 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Men's +100 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2022
Worlds Weight:Men's +100 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2020
Regionals Year2:2022
Regionals Year3:2023
Regionals Year4:2024
Updated:3 August 2024

Andy Granda (born 4 February 1992)[1] is a Cuban judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's +100kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's +100kg event at the Pan American Games.

Career

In 2014, Granda won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico.[2] Four years later, in 2018, he won the gold medal in both the men's +100 kg event and the men's team event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

He won the gold medal in the men's +100kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3]

In 2020, Granda won one of the bronze medals in the men's +100kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's +100kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4]

In 2021, Granda competed in the men's +100kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] He also competed in the men's +100kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Granda represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He competed in the men's +100kg event where he was eliminated in his first match.[7]

Granda won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey and the gold in the 2022 World Judo Championships, having won the final against Saito Tatsuro from Japan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andy Granda. 6 October 2020. Judo Inside.
  2. Web site: Men's team event. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129072200/http://info.veracruz2014.mx/info/resVE2014/pdf/VE2014/JU/VE2014_JU_C74A_JUM460000.pdf. 29 November 2014. 6 October 2020. 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  3. Web site: Judo Results. 2019 Pan American Games. live. 17 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006203721/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/JUD/PAG2019_JUD_C93_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 6 October 2020.
  4. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 21 November 2020. Brazil rack up eight medals on day two of Pan American Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122120150/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101078/pan-american-judo-championships-day-two. 22 November 2020.
  5. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 12 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  6. Web site: DDC. 25 June 2021. Seis judocas cubanos tienen cupos asegurados para los Juegos Olímpicos DIARIO DE CUBA. 28 June 2021. diariodecuba.com. es.
  7. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.