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  • Orlando Madrigal Valverde

    Costa Rica
    b. 1921, San JoséBorn 1921, San José
    d. 1991, San JoséDied 1991, San José
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    Description

    Costa Rican judoka, a student of André Kolychkine in Cuba. In 1955 he returned to Costa Rica, where he opened the first judo and jiu-jitsu academy of the country.

    Teachers (1)

    • André Kolychkine Thompson
      sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
      Probable
      EcuRed names Madrigal as Kolychkine's Costa Rican student, who returned home to open Costa Rica's first judo and jiu-jitsu academy
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
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      EcuRed names Madrigal as Kolychkine's Costa Rican student, who returned home to open Costa Rica's first judo and jiu-jitsu academy
      “En 1955, su alumno costarricense Orlando Madrigal Valverde (1921-1991) vuelve a Costa Rica, donde abrió la primera academia de judo y jiu-jitsu de ese país.”
      — EcuRed contributors. (2026). André Kolychkine Thompsonlink history info

    Lineage

    • Kōdōkan JūdōAndré Kolychkine Thompson ← Jean de Herdt ← Kawaishi Mikinosuke ← Takahashi Kazuyoshi ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 6 generations

    Sources

    “su alumno costarricense Orlando Madrigal Valverde (1921-1991) vuelve a Costa Rica, donde abrió la primera academia de judo y jiu-jitsu de ese país.”
    — EcuRed contributors. (2026). André Kolychkine Thompsonlink history info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01KZMEB6EEFVGF48RPTV56HECV
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    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Orlando Madrigal Valverde. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZMEB6EEFVGF48RPTV56HECV - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01KZMEB6EEFVGF48RPTV56HECV, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Orlando Madrigal Valverde}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KZMEB6EEFVGF48RPTV56HECV}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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