Driulis González

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
Driulis González
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Born September 21, 1973

Driulis González Morales (born September 21, 1973 in Guantánamo) is a female Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Along with Australia's Mária Pekli and Japan's Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Driulis is the first female judoka to compete at five Olympics. The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Belgian Robert Van de Walle and Puerto Rican judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet.

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