Yahima Ramirez

Yahima Menéndez Ramirez (born 10 October 1979, in Havana) is a Cuban-born Portuguese judoka, which competes in the women's –78 kg category. She won the gold medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games and a bronze at the 2008 European Judo Championships, both held in Lisbon. Ramirez won more than 10 medals and victories in the World Cups in Lisbon, 2009 and Taipei, 2015. She received one bronze medal at the European Open in Lisbon in 2018, and another at the European Cup in Malaga in 2019.

Yahima Ramirez

Personal information
Full name	Yahima Menéndez Ramirez
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1979-10-10) 10 October 1979 Havana, Cuba
Occupation	Judoka
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Cuba, Portugal
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R32 (2012)
World Champ.	5th (2014)
Regional finals	(1994) (2008)
Medal record Women's judo Representing Cuba Pan American Championships 1994 Santiago –72 kg Representing Portugal European Championships 2008 Lisbon –78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2009 Moscow –78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2017 Zagreb –78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	181
JudoInside.com	46431
Updated on 16 November 2022

Ramirez competed for Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 78 kg event.

Sources

• "Yahima Ramirez". Comité Olímpico de Portugal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Nome Completo: Yahima Menendez Ramirez
• "Yahima Ramirez". JudoInside. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yahima Ramirez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Full name: Yahima Menéndez Ramirez
• "Yahima Ramirez". London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.

External links

• Yahima Ramirez at the International Judo Federation
• Yahima Ramirez at JudoInside.com
• Yahima Ramirez at Olympics.com
• Yahima Ramirez at Olympedia
• Yahima Ramirez at InterSportStats
• Yahima Ramirez on Facebook