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Estela Rodríguez Villanueva (17 November 1967 – 10 April 2022) was a Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the
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1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, both in the Half Heavyweight (over 72 kg) category. She returned a positive test to banned diuretic drug called furosemide at the 1996 Olympics, but was only issued with a reprimand, and allowed to keep her medals. Rodríguez died in Havana on 10 April 2022, at the age of 54.Falleció la destacada judoca cubana Estela Rodríguez


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* * * * 1967 births 2022 deaths Martial artists from Santiago de Cuba Cuban sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in judo Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in judo Cuban female judoka Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in judo Pan American Games silver medalists in judo Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportswomen 21st-century Cuban women {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub