Ronaldo Veitia Valdivie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ronaldo Veitia Valdivie

Cuban judoka

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1947

Place of Birth: Cotorro, Havana Province, Cuba

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ronaldo Veitia Valdivie

  • Ronaldo Veitia Valdivie is the former Coach for the Cuban Olympic Judo team.
  • Born October 21, 1947.
  • Valdivie led the women's Judo team to multiple Olympic medals, and world championships.
  • Valdivie also was responsible for the team winning consecutive gold medals at the Pan Am Games since 1975.
  • His players Dayaris Mestre , Magdiel Estrada, and Idalys Ortiz all won gold for Cuba under him.
  • In fact, he coached his team to coached at six Olympic Games from 1992 to 2012 and obtained 5 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals.
  • This made him the coach with the largest amount of Olympic Medals in the history of Judo.
  • In Munich, he held a seminar on how to build a fighting machine.
  • In 30 years he earned 308 international medals for Judo.

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