Andy Granda

Andy Granda (born 4 February 1992)[1] is a Cuban judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2]

Andy Granda
Personal information
Born (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992
Matanzas, Cuba
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Cuba
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (2022)
Pan American Champ. (2020, 2022, 2023)
Olympic GamesR32 (2020)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent +100 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima +100 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Guadalajara +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Guayaquil ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Panama City ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San José +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima +100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Paris +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tbilisi +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tashkent +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cancún +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Antalya +100 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF16119
JudoInside.com78634
Updated on 18 September 2023.

In 2014, Granda won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico.[3] 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.

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

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

References
  1. "Andy Granda". Judo Inside. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. "Judo Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. "Men's team event" (PDF). 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. Berkeley, Geoff (21 November 2020). "Brazil rack up eight medals on day two of Pan American Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. DDC (25 June 2021). "Seis judocas cubanos tienen cupos asegurados para los Juegos Olímpicos | DIARIO DE CUBA". diariodecuba.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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