Olympian and judo champion Maricet Espinosa González has died at the age of 34, the Pan American Judo Confederation confirmed on Instagram on Jan. 22. Her cause of death has not been confirmed as of ...

Retired Cuban judo and Olympian Maricet "La Mole" Espinosa died and left an "unerasable legacy" on her nation and her sport, officials said this week. Espinosa was 34. The Pan American Judo Federation ...

The sports world is currently in mourning. Maricet Espinosa González, a star judo athlete who represented Cuba in the 2016 Olympic Games, died at age 34, the Pan American Judo Confederation confirmed ...

World-renowned Judo champion and Olympic medalist Maricet Espinosa Gonzalez died at the age of 34 after reportedly suffering a heart attack. According to the Daily Mail, Gonzalez went under the knife ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The judoka died after undergoing breast augmentation surgery. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP via Getty Olympic judo star Maricet Espinosa Gonzalez has died at the age ...

Tbilisi, March 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro climbed onto the podium today in the 63 kilogram category at the Tbilisi Grand Slam, defeating Israeli Gili Sharir in one of the bronze ...

The heaviest competitor at the Olympics lost on Friday to a man who weighed 243 pounds less than him. Guam's Ricardo Blas Jr., who weighed in at 218kg (481 pounds) in the 100+ kg class in judo, won ...

Maricet Espinosa González has died. The Pan American Judo Confederation confirmed González's death on Instagram on Jan. 22. The judo champion, who represented Cuba in the 2016 Olympic Games, was 34.

González was the Pan American Champion in 2013 and 2014, and holds bronze medals from Grand Slams in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Baku Natasha Dye is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her ...