Last Saturday the martial arts school Judo Trani of the technician Nicola Loprieno, in collaboration with the president of the provincial committee Opes Bari Leonardo Occhionorelli, hosted at its school the Cuban Olympic champion Anaysi Hernandez, silver medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The palmarès of the Cuban judoka, however, does not start in Beijing; in fact, the presences and medals for the Cuban judoka are many. Pan American Championships: 2001 Cordoba silver medal cat. 63kg; 2002 Santo Domingo gold medal cat. 63 kg; 2004 Isla margarita gold medal cat. 70 kg; World Championships: 2001 Munich bronze medal cat. 63 kg.
Olympic Games: Athens 2004; Beijing 2008.
The coach Nicola Loprieno admits to having fulfilled one of his dreams in having brought an Olympic champion to his Trani, to his martial arts school and to have given his technicians and athletes, especially the little ones, the opportunity to train with a champion. Olympic and World.
The coach Nicola Loprieno also thanks his athletes who, despite the many difficulties of the moment, did not abandon training to better prepare for the upcoming sports competitions scheduled for January 22nd and 23rd for both Wrestling and Judo; his technicians and collaborators Michele Napolitano, Riccardo Vurchio, Leonardo Occhionorelli, Orsola Alario and Michele Piscicelli; the president of the provincial committee Opes Bari Leonardo Occhionorelli; technical friends Vincenzo Regano and Sebastiano Alicino and their athletes, for having contributed to the success of the training and guarantees that this was the first of a long series of top-level events.
