Idalys Ortiz

Idalys Ortiz

Ortiz at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Idalys Ortiz Boucurt
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 Pinar del Río, Cuba
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Judo
Event	+ 78 kg
Medal record Representing Cuba Olympic Games 2012 London +78 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2008 Beijing +78 kg World Championships 2013 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk +78 kg 2009 Rotterdam +78 kg 2010 Tokyo +78 kg 2015 Astana +78 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg 2015 Toronto +78 kg Pan American Championships 2007 Montreal Openweight 2008 Miami +78 kg 2009 Buenos Aires +78 kg 2009 Buenos Aires Openweight 2010 San Salvador +78 kg 2010 San Salvador Openweight 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg 2012 Montreal +78 kg 2013 San José +78 kg 2014 Guayaquil +78 kg 2015 Edmonton +78 kg 2016 Havana +78 kg Universiade 2013 Kazan +78 kg

Idalys Ortíz Bocourt (born 27 September 1989) is a Cuban judoka. She competed in the over 78 kg division at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a medal on each occasion.

Career

Ortíz took up judo aged 10 and was included to the national team at 15. At the age of 18, she became the youngest Olympic medalist in the heavyweight category, winning a bronze medal in 2008.

Beijing Olympics

In her first match at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she stood against a big (170 lb) Egyptian judoka Samah Ramadan. She stayed and waited for an opportunity to use her, possibly only, technique of immobilizing her opponent by lying on top. During the match, Ortiz tried many techniques for ippon but none were successful, except for the last move just a few seconds before the end of the match, when Samah Ramadan was already tired.

In her second match in Beijing, Ortiz went against Janelle Shepherd from Australia. The match had a good tempo and ended quickly with Ortiz making an ippon (an okuri-eri-jime). In the third match, the semifinals, she went against later Olympic champion and controversial judoka Tong Wen from China. This was a close match full of action and could have gone either way. However, Wen won the match as one of Ortiz's techniques was counted as yuko. Ortiz won the bronze medal in her match against Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand from Mongolia, winning with a nice ippon (O-goshi).

External links

• JudoInside
• Idalis Ortiz on official Cuban web encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)