Orlando Madrigal Valverde

Costa Rica
Born 1921, San José
Died 1991, San José

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
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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
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    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

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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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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.
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@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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