Frank Moreno

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Frank Esteban Moreno García (born November 17, 1965 in Matanzas ) is a former Cuban judoka . He was second in the World Cup in 1989 and 1991 and won the Pan American Games in 1987 and 1991.

Athletic career

The 1.85 m tall Frank Moreno won his first Cuban championship title in the open class in 1983, another title in the open class followed in 1986. In the heavyweight division, he won a total of seven Cuban championship titles (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1996).

Moreno won his first international medal at the Pan American Championships in Mexico City in 1984, when he was only defeated by the Brazilian Frederico Flexa in the heavyweight final . A year later, the two met again in Havana in the heavyweight final of the Pan American Championships, this time Moreno won. Moreno and Flexa also reached the heavyweight final of the Pan American Games in 1987 in Indianapolis and the Cuban won here too. In 1988 Moreno won the heavyweight final at the Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires against the Venezuelan Enzo Gianelli . The 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul were boycotted by Cuba .

At the 1989 World Championships in Belgrade, Moreno defeated the Belgian Harry Van Barneveld in the heavyweight quarter-finals and the Polish Rafał Kubacki in the semifinals . In the final he was defeated by the Japanese Naoya Ogawa . In the open class, Ogawa won in the quarterfinals over Moreno, who was then eliminated in the hope round against the German Alexander von der Groeben . In 1990 Moreno reached the heavyweight final at the Goodwill Games in Seattle and was there defeated by the representative of the Soviet Union Sergei Kosorotov . At the Pan American Championships in Caracas in 1990, Moreno won the final against the Canadian Tom Greenway .

In February 1991 Moreno finished third at the Tournoi de Paris . A week later he won the World Cup tournament in Sofia. At the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona, ​​he defeated French David Douillet in the quarterfinals and Igor Muller from Luxembourg in the semifinals . In the final he was defeated by Sergei Kosorotov. Three weeks after the World Championships, Moreno defeated the Argentinian Orlando Baccino in the final of the Pan American Games in Havana . In 1992 Moreno lost in the final of the Pan American Championships in Ontario against the Brazilian José Mario Nery . At the Olympic Games in Barcelona Moreno lost in the round of 16 to the Georgian Dawit Khachaleishvili , who competed for the United Team , by Waza-ari. In the hope round Moreno defeated the Senegalese Khalifa Diouf , the Poland Rafał Kubacki and Damon Keeve from the United States each through Ippon. In the battle for bronze he was defeated by David Douillet by a small score (yuko).

In 1993 Moreno took third place at the Tournoi de Paris, at the World Championships in Hamilton he was eliminated early. In 1994 he won the heavyweight final of the Pan American Championships in Santiago de Chile against Orlando Baccino. In 1995 Moreno reached the final of the Pan American Games for the third time . In Mara del Plata he lost to José Mario Nery and received the silver medal. At the World Championships in Chiba , he was eliminated early in the heavyweight division against Belarusian Ruslan Sharapau . In the open class he was defeated by the Japanese Shinichi Shinohara in the round of 16 . With three wins in the round of hope he reached the battle for bronze, but lost here against the Turkish Selim Tataroğlu . At the end of his career, Moreno took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . There he was eliminated in his opening fight against Harry Van Barneveld due to a penalty (chui).

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Career overview at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Pan American Championships 1984 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Pan American Championships 1985 at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Pan American Games in 1987 at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Pan American Championships 1988 at judoinside.com
  6. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  7. ↑ Pan American Championships 1990 at judoinside.com
  8. ↑ Pan American Games 1991 at judoinside.com
  9. ↑ Pan American Championships 1992 at judoinside.com
  10. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 424
  11. ↑ Pan American Championships 1994 at judoinside.com
  12. ↑ Pan American Games 1995 at judoinside.com
  13. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  14. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 758
personal data
SURNAME Moreno, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moreno García, Frank Esteban (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban judoka
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Matanzas