One of the famous coaches in judo, the Cuban Ronaldo Veitia, seventy-four years old, is currently hospitalised in Alicante (Spain). Ronaldo was the victim of a cardiovascular accident which plunged him into a coma, of which he has just came out.
Veitia was Cuban champion U93kg in 1970, but as a coach he booked tremendous international successes with his teams.
In 30 years he earned 308 international medals for Judo. Ronaldo was inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2018.
Successes since 1983 when the Cuban team was installed:
5 Olympic titles: Reve-Jiminez, Gonzalez, Verdecia, Veranes and Ortiz
18 world titles, with 13 judoka, 11 women, 2 men
60 Pan American Games victories, 39 by women, 21 by men.
A few years ago nobody dared to imagine that the traditional Asian and European empires would tremble in the face of an intruder, which today is a candidate for consideration as one of the best women’s judo team in the world: Cuba.
The performances of the Cuban judokas in recent Olympics, world and regional events are marking the beginning of a new era for the Cuban school in this discipline.
