María García (judoka)
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| Full name | María Altagarcia García Cáceres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1987 La Vega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –52 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2008, 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 13th (2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American Champ. | 
(2005, 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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María Altagarcia García Cáceres (born 10 August 1987 in La Vega) is a Dominican Republican judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. She became the first Dominican judoka to win a world championship medal, with a bronze at the 2006 Junior Championships.[1][2]
García has twice competed at an Olympic Games. She was eliminated at the quarterfinal stage at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the second round.[2] She has won silver medals at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2007 Pan American Judo Championships, and bronze at the 2007 Pan American Games, 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, and three editions of the Pan American Judo Championships.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "María García Buscará primera medalla de judo RD" [María García will seek her first DR judo medal]. hoy.com.do (in Spanish). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "María García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Maria Garcia". Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- María García at the International Judo Federation
- María García at JudoInside.com
- María García at AllJudo.net (in French)
- María García at Olympics.com
- María García at Olympedia
- María García at The-Sports.org
- María García on Instagram
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- Olympic judoka for the Dominican Republic
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Dominican Republic women
- 21st-century Dominican Republic women
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