Aythami Ruano

Aythami Ruano
Personal information
Full nameAythami Ruano Vega
Born18 June 1977 (1977-06-18) (age 48)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
OccupationJudoka
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight190 kg (419 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Wroclaw Open
Silver medal – second place 2003 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com634

Aythami Ruano Vega[a] (also spelled Aytami, born 18 June 1977) is a Spanish judoka. He earned medals at the European Judo Championships, gold in 2000 and silver in 2003.[1] After competing in the men's +100 kg event for Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[2][3] he retired from judo and took up Canarian wrestling.[4]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2003 European Judo Championships 2nd Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2002 European Judo Championships 5th Open class
2001 World Judo Championships 7th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2000 European Judo Championships 1st Open class
1998 European Judo Championships 5th Open class

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruano and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

References

  1. ^ "Aythami Ruano". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Aythami Ruano". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2004.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aytami Ruano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Aythami cambia el judoki por la ropa de la lucha canaria" [Aythami changes judogi for the clothes of Canarian wrestling]. AS.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2004.


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