Idalys Ortiz

Idalys Ortiz

Personal information
Full name	Idalys Ortiz Boucurt
Nationality	Cuban
Born	27 September 1989 Pinar del Río, Cuba
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	+ 78kg
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2012 London +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 Ortiz Boucurt (born 27 September 1989) is a Cuban judoka. At the age of 18, she became the youngest Olympic medalist in the heavyweight category, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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).

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2007	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Openweight
2007	World Judo Championships	5th	Openweight
2008	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Heavyweight (+78 kg)
2008	Summer Olympic Games	3rd	Heavyweight (+78 kg)
2009	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Heavyweight (+78 kg)
2009	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Openweight
2009	World Judo Championships	3rd	Heavyweight (+78 kg)
2010	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Heavyweight (+78 kg)
2010	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Openweight
2011	Pan American Judo Championships	1st	Heavyweight (+78 kg)

External links

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