José Ibañez Gómez (born September 28, 1951 died 17 December 2024) was a retired competitive

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from

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in

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, where he was defeated by Canadian

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, and came in 13th. He won the silver medal at the

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in the men's heavyweight division (+ 93 kg), after a loss in the final against USA's

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. In total he gained four medals in his career at the

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. He died 17 December 2024.

References

* 1951 births Living people Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Cuba Place of birth missing (living people) Cuban male judoka 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 Pan American Games judoka for Cuba Judoka at the 1975 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub