Driulis Gonzalez Morales
1973
Guantanamo, Cuba
Carribean (Cuba)
1996 – she participated in her first Olympic game and got a gold medal.
2008 – she got fifth position in judo at Beijing.
Driulis started her professional sports career in judo and competed in her first Olympic Games in 1996. Between 1996 and 2004 she won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals. She was a part of the national judo team for 20 years. Her time competing in the Olympics ended in 2008 where she got fifth position. She participated in seven world championship games and won three gold medals, two silver and two bronze medals. She also won three gold medals in the PanAmerican games. Driulis was amongst the first women to compete at five Olympics in judo.
Driulis has a son
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Jaimem, Driulis Gonzalez enters the Judo Hall of Fame the Cuban Judoka is the first Latin American woman to feature in the discipline’s Hall of Fame’, http://www.unacuba.org/driulis-gonzalez-enters-the-judo-hall-of-fame-the-cuban-judoka-is-the-first-latin-american-woman-to-feature-in-the-disciplines-hall-of-fame/ [accessed 19th March 2022].
‘Driulis Gonzalez Morales- Cuba’, https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092298/driulis-gonzalez-morales-cuba [accessed 19th March 2022].
