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Oreidis Despaigne Terry (born 20 September 1981) is a male judoka from Cuba, winner of the Pan American Games men's half heavyweight division at the 2007 Games. Terry also won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and at the 2007 and 2010 World Championships.
Terry represented his native Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, competing in the men's 100 kg category. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached the 3rd round, losing to Jang Sungho. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he reached the 2nd round, losing to Ramziddin Sayidov.
His older brother Yosvany Despaigne (born 1976) also competed as a judoka on the international level.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oreidis Despaigne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "Beijing 2008 Judo - Olympic Results by Discipline".
- "London 2012 90 100kg halfheavyweight men Results - Olympic judo".
External links
- Oreidis Despaigne at the International Judo Federation
- Oreidis Despaigne at JudoInside.com
- Oreidis Despaigne at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Oreidis Despaigne at Olympics.com
- Oreidis Despaigne at Olympedia
- Oreidis Despaigne at The-Sports.org
| Pan American Champions in Judo – Men's Half Heavyweight | |
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Cuba
- Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Cuban male judoka
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
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