Alexis Chiclana

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Alexis Chiclana
Personal information
Full nameAlexis Chiclana Melendez
NationalityFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Born (1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 37)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event90 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 90 kg

Alexis Chiclana Meléndez [lower-alpha 1] (born February 2, 1987) is a Puerto Rican judoka, who played for the middleweight category. [1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. [2]

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Chiclana represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middleweight class (90 kg). He lost the first preliminary match, with an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw), to Spain's David Alarza. [3] [4]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chiclanaand the second or maternal family name is Meléndez.

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References

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