ORTIZ Idalys

Olympic Games

Year	Location	+78 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2
2012	London, GBR	1
2008	Beijing, CHN	3

World Championships

Year	Location	+78 kg	Open	Team X
2021	Budapest, HUN	5	-	9
2019	Tokyo, JPN	2	-	7
2018	Baku, AZE	2	-	9
2015	Astana, KAZ	3	-	9
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	1	-	7
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1	-	3
2011	Paris, FRA	5	-	3
2010	Tokyo, JPN	3	9	-
2009	Rotterdam, NED	3	-	-
2007	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	5	-

World Open Championships

Year	Location	Open
2017	Marrakech, MAR	3

Pan American Games

Year	Location	+78 kg
2019	Lima, PER	1

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	+78 kg
2019	Lima, PER	1
2018	San Jose, CRC	1

World Masters

Year	Location	+78 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	9
2019	Qingdao, CHN	9
2018	Guangzhou, CHN	2
2017	St. Petersburg, RUS	2

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2020	+78 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	+78 kg	2x	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	+78 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	+78 kg	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	+78 kg	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
1	2019	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
1	2019	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Hohhot, CHN
1	2018	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
1	2018	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Cancun, MEX
1	2018	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
2	2019	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
3	2020	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2019	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN

Athlete

Spanish

Yordanis Arencibia [national], CUB; Driulis Gonzalez [national], CUB

She took up judo at age nine in Candelaria, Cuba. (trabajadores.cu, 24 Aug 2019)

She wanted to lose weight and be active like her school friends. She realised she had the potential to make a career in the sport when, at age 14, she was invited to a tryout with the national team. "Coach Ronaldo Veitia asked me if I had brought my kimono with me, and he immediately sent me to compete. My sister was nervous and asked me if I really wanted to be there, because all the girls looked stronger. The next day she returned just to bring me some clothes because I stayed with the national team. Since then I have only come back home to visit or on holidays." (trabajadores.cu, 24 Aug 2019; spanish.xinhuanet.com, 25 Jul 2016; granma.cu, 28 Apr 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (oncubanews.com, 06 Oct 2019)

Winning gold in the +78kg category at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (trabajadores.cu, 24 Aug 2019)

"My main rival is myself. If I cannot overcome any obstacle in front of me, having been Olympic and world champion, it would mean I have failed by not preparing well." (cubahora.cu, 11 Jul 2019)

In 2013 and 2016 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Cuban National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation [INDER], and the Union of Cuban Journalists' Sports Writers Circle. (la-razon.com, 14 Dec 2016; granma.cu, 01 Jan 2013)