Maricet Espinosa

Maricet Espinosa González (2 January 1990 – 21 January 2024) was a Cuban judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 63 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Yarden Gerbi.^[1][2]

Maricet Espinosa

Personal information
Full name	Maricet Espinosa González
Nickname	La Mole
Born	(1990-01-02)2 January 1990 Havana, Cuba
Died	21 January 2024(2024-01-21) (aged 34)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2016)
World Champ.	5th (2011)
Pan American Champ.	(2013, 2014)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Cuba Pan American Championships 2013 San José ‍–‍63 kg 2014 Guayaquil ‍–‍63 kg 2016 Havana ‍–‍63 kg IJF Grand Slam 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg 2012 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg 2016 Baku ‍–‍63 kg IJF Grand Prix 2016 Havana ‍–‍63 kg 2013 Miami ‍–‍63 kg 2014 Havana ‍–‍63 kg 2015 Qingdao ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	5293
JudoInside.com	49483
Updated on 23 January 2024.

Espinosa died from a heart attack on 21 January 2024, at the age of 34.^[3][4]

References

1. . Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
2. . Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
3. . CubaNoticias360 (in Spanish). 22 January 2024. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
4. . JudoInside.com. 22 January 2024. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

• Maricet Espinosa at the International Judo Federation 
• Maricet Espinosa at JudoInside.com 
• Maricet Espinosa at AllJudo.net (in French) 
• Maricet Espinosa at Olympics.com 
• Maricet Espinosa at Olympedia 
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)  
• Maricet Espinosa at The-Sports.org  
• Maricet Espinosa on Facebook