Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez

Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez medal table
Wrestler
Cuba
World Championship
bronze	2014 Tashkent	up to 61 kg
bronze	2017 Paris	up to 61 kg
gold	2018 Budapest	up to 61 kg
Pan American Games
bronze	2011 Guadalajara	up to 61 kg
gold	2015 Toronto	up to 57 kg
Pan American Championship
gold	2005 Guatemala City	up to 60 kg
gold	2012 Colorado Springs	up to 60 kg
bronze	2016 Frisco	up to 57 kg
silver	2019 Buenos Aires	up to 61 kg
Pan American Junior Championship
gold	2002 Bogota	up to 58 kg Greco
gold	2002 Bogota	up to 58 kg freestyle

Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (born November 2, 1983 in Guantánamo ) is a Cuban wrestler . In 2018 he became world champion in free style in the weight class up to 61 kg body weight

Career

At the 2018 World Cup in Budapest, the almost 35-year-old Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez from Cuba surprised the wrestling world with his title win in the weight class up to 61 kg in free style. On the way to this success, he defeated Ivan Guidea, Romania, Bagher Yakcheschi, Iran, Joe Colon from the United States and Gadschimurad Raschidow from Russia. He was one of the oldest wrestlers to win a world title for the first time.

Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez started wrestling back in 1993. He is a student and has been coached by Julio Mendieta Cuellar since 2009. His international career began in 2002 when he became the Pan-American Junior Champion (Juniors) in Bogota in both styles (Greco-Roman and free style) in the weight class up to 60 kg. In 2003 he also started at the Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Istanbul, but finished in the weight class up to 60 kg after a defeat against Makhach Murtasalijew from Russia only 15th.

In 2005 he was the first Pan-American champion in Guatemala City among seniors in the weight class up to 60 kg body weight.

After that there was a long pause, during which he no longer appeared on the international wrestling mat. The reason was that he was no longer able to place himself in the front of the field in the important national competitions in Cuba. In addition, Cuba rarely attended international tournaments for reasons of cost. Only in 2011 was Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez able to qualify again for participation in an international championship, the Pan-American Games in Guadalajara. There he took 3rd place in the weight class up to 60 kg.

In 2012 he became the Pan-American champion in the weight class up to 60 kg in Colorado Springs and was able to qualify a little later in Kissimmee Orlando (USA) in the same weight class for participation in the Olympic Games in London. At the Olympic wrestling tournament he was eliminated after his first fight with a defeat against Kenichi Yumoto from Japan and ended up in 14th place.

In 2014, Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez won the world championship in Tashkent in the weight category up to 61 kg with victories over Jean Diatta, Senegal, Rahul Manu, India and Alexander Bogomojew , Russia, a defeat against Haji Aliyev from Azerbaijan and a victory over Andrei Perpelita from Moldova for the first time a medal at a world championship, a bronze one.

In 2015 he won the Pan American Games in Toronto in the weight class up to 57 kg in front of Angel Escobedo from the United States. At the World Cup this year in Las Vegas he came in the same weight class to a victory over Samit Nadirbek Uulu from Kyrgyzstan, but retired after a loss in the round of 16 against Viktor Lebedev from Russia and only came in 16th place.

At the Pan-American Championship in Frisco (USA) in February 2016, he won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 65 kg. A month later he qualified at the same place in the weight class up to 57 kg by winning the qualifying tournament for participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio he defeated Abbos Rachmonow, Uzbekistan and Adama Diatta from Senegal, then lost to Rei Higuchi from Japan, then defeated Yang Kyong-il from North Korea in his first consolation match, but then lost the fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Hassan Rahimi from the Iran.

At the 2017 World Championships in Paris, Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez started again in the weight class up to 61 kg. There he defeated Liu Minghu, China, Behnam Ehsanpour, Iran and Daulet Nijaskebow from Kazakhstan, lost in the semifinals to Hajji Aliyev, but won the battle for a bronze medal against Rinya Nakamura from Japan. That was his second medal win at a world championship.

In 2018 he won a world title for the first time, as described above.

In April 2019 he started in the same weight class and in the same style at the Pan-American Championship in Buenos Aires. He came there in the final, in which he lost to the American Joseph Daniel Colon. At this year's World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) he met the Azerbaijan Akhmednabi Gwarsatilow in the 2nd round , against whom he lost on points. Since Gwarsatilow did not reach the final, Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez dropped out early and only finished 23rd.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2002	1.	Pan-American Junior Championship (Juniors) in Greco-Roman style in Bogota	up to 58 kg	in front of Yesid Alfredo Meneses, Colombia
2002	1.	Pan American Junior Championship (Juniors) in free style in Bogota	up to 58 kg	in front of Jose Manuel Viramontes Gutierrez, Mexico
2003	15th	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Istanbul	up to 60 kg	after a victory over Jasper Antonie Coetzer, Namibia and a defeat against Machach Murtasalijew , Russia
2005	1.	Pan American Championship in Guatemala City	up to 60 kg	before Luis Ortiz, Puerto Rico and Christian Roberty, Venezuela
2009	5.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 55 kg	behind Vihod Kumar, India, Aso Palani, Canada, Luis Ibanez, Cuba and Jorge Nickford, Honduras
2010	3.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 55 kg	behind Frank Chamizo and Luis Ibanez, both Cuba and Sam Hazewinkel, USA
2011	2.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 60 kg	behind Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier, Cuba, in front of Drew Headlee, USA and Maikel Perez, Cuba
2011	3.	Pan American Games in Guadalajara	up to 60 kg	behind Franklin Gomez Matos , Puerto Rico and Guillermo Torres Cervantes Mexico
2012	1.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 60 kg	before Davian Quintana Jaime and Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier, both Cuba
2012	1.	Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs	up to 60 kg	in front of Luis Isaias Portillo Mejia, El Salvador and Abel Gerald Herrera Pastor, Peru
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Kissimmee Orlando (USA)	up to 60 kg	in front of Guillermo Torres Cervantes, Shawn Bunch, USA and Wilfredo Henriquez Hernandez, Venezuela
2012	2.	Canada Cup in Guelph	up to 60 kg	behind Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier, in front of Mike Gorey, USA
2012	14th	OS in London	up to 60 kg	after losing to Kenichi Yumoto , Japan
2013	3.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 60 kg	behind Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier and Davian Quintana Jaime
2014	1.	Granma Cup in Havana	up to 61 kg	before Alexander Semisorow, Germany, Davian Quintana Jaime and Dawid Wolny, Germany
2014	3.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 61 kg	after victories over Jean Diatta, Senegal, Rahul Manu, India and Alexander Bogomojew , Russia, a defeat against Haji Aliyev , Azerbaijan and a victory over Andrei Perpelita, Moldova
2015	4th	Granma Cup in Havana	up to 61 kg	behind Joseph McKenna, USA, Maikel Antonio Perez Gonzales and Davian Quintana Jaime, both Cuba
2015	1.	Pan American Games in Toronto	up to 57 kg	before Angel Escobedo, USA, Emir Hernandez, Colombia and Pedro Jesus Mejias Rodriguez, Venezuela
2015	16.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 57 kg	after defeating Samit Nadirbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan and losing to Viktor Lebedev, Russia
2016	3.	Pan American Championship in Frisco / USA	up to 65 kg	behind Anthony Jose Montero Chirinos, Venezuela and James Greene, USA
2016	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Frisco / USA	up to 57 kg	before Anthony Ramos, USA, Uber Euclides Cuero Munoz, Colombia and Pedro Jesus Mejias Rodrigues
2016	3.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 65 kg	behind Franklin Gomez Matos and Alejandro Enriquez Valdes Tobier
2016	1.	Canada Cup in Guelph	up to 61 kg	before Adam MacFayden, Canada and Velasquez Cruz, USA
2016	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 65 kg	behind Mandachnaran Ganzorig, Mongolia and Franklin Gomez Matos
2016	5.	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 57 kg	after victories over Abbos Rachmonow, Uzbekistan and Adama Diatta, Senegal, a defeat against Rei Higuchi, Japan, a victory over Yang Kyong-il, North Korea and a defeat against Hassan Rahimi, Iran
2016	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 61 kg	behind Akhmednabi Gwarsatilow, Azerbaijan, in front of Alan Waters, USA and Georgi Rewazishvili, Georgia
2017	1.	Cerro Pelado International in Camagüey	up to 61 kg	before Dvian Quintana Jaime, Andrew Hochstrasser and Kanen Starr, both USA
2017	3.	World Cup in Paris	up to 61 kg	after victories over Liu Minghu, China, Behnam Ehsanpour, Iran and Daulet Nijasbekow, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Hajji Aliyev and a win over Rinya Nakamura, Japan
2018	9.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	Winner: Ilyas Bekbulatow before Akhmed Tschakajew and Nakhin Kuulu, all Russia
2018	1.	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 61 kg	before Cody Brewer and Johni Dijulius, both USA and Davian Quintana Jaime
2018	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 61 kg	after victories over Iwan Guidea, Romania, Bagher Yakcheschi, Iran, Joe Colon, USA and Gadschimurad Raschidow , Russia
2019	4th	Cerro Pelado International in Havana	up to 61 kg	behind Ben Whitford and Cory John Clark, both USA and Aleynier Hernandez Guilarte, Cuba
2019	2.	Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires	up to 61 kg	behind Joseph Daniel Colon, USA, in front of Scott Schiller, Canada and Juan Antonio Rodriguez Jovel, El Salvador
2019	3.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Kaspiisk	up to 61 kg	behind Selimchan Abakarow and Magomedrasul Idrisow, both Russia, together with Artjom Gebekow, Russia
2019	23.	World Cup in Nur-Sultan	up to 61 kg	after losing to Akhmednabi Gwarsatilow, Azerbaijan

Explanations

• all competitions except for the one named "Greco-Roman", in free style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )