Personal information | |
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Full name | Yamila Zambrano Cuencha |
Nationality | Cuba |
Born | Havana, Cuba | 10 February 1986
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Judo |
Event | 48 kg |
Yamila Zambrano Cuencha (born February 10, 1986, in Havana) is a Cuban judoka who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.[1] She captured a gold medal in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Pan American Judo Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[2][3]
She competed in the 48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She placed first place at the Pan American Judo Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[2][4] She lost her opening match to Algeria's Soraya Haddad, who successfully scored an ippon, and threw her into the tatami with a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown) assault at one minute and fifty-four seconds.[5][6]