The Madrid judoka Fran Garrigós He is clear about his next goal. The one from Móstoles got the first medal for Spain at the Paris Olympic Games when he won bronze against the Georgian Giorgi Sardalashvili in the -60 kilos category. Garrigós declared this Thursday that his goal is to “return” to the Olympic Games. Los Angeles 2028 and try to repeat the feat achieved in the French city.
Garrigós, 30 years old, has three gold medals in his record in the European Championships and a world one, and now a new Olympic cycle begins with its sights set on qualifying for Los Angeles 2028. The judoka had to wait for his third participation in the Olympic Games to get his first medal, previously he had participated in Río 2016 and in Tokio 2020Los Angeles would mark his fourth consecutive appearance.
Fran was the one who broke the streak of 24 years in which Spain had failed to win an Olympic medal in judo. “I am very happy to be able to get that medal that I had been dreaming of for years as a child. It was an unforgettable day. The Games have nothing to do with other championships even if they are the same competitors because, among other things, being more average there is more impact,” said Garrigós, who received one of the ‘Wild of the Year’ awards.
“My goal is to return to Los Angeles but at my age we will go year after year,” he confessed. Fran Garrigós received one of the Wild of the Year awards along with the former professional cyclist Luis Ángel Matéthe athlete Jordan DiazOlympic triple jump champion, and the journalists Monica Martinez y Lourdes García Campos.
