Begoña Gómez (judoka) explained

Full Name:Begoña Gómez Martín
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Spouse:Carlos Sotillo
Country:Spain
Weight Class:61 kg
Olympics Rank:7
Olympics Year:1992
Olympics Weight:Women's 61 kg
Worlds Rank:7
Worlds Year:1989
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1990
Regionals Weight:Women's 61 kg
Updated:3 May 2024

Begoña Gómez Martín (born 23 November 1964) is a Spanish former Olympic judoka.[1]

Gómez was born in Madrid, Spain[1] and is the wife of Spanish three-time-Olympic judoka Carlos Sotillo.[1]

Judo career

Gómez won the Spanish Judo Championship in U61 in 1984–86, 1988, 1990, and 1992.[2]

She won the gold medal at the 1990 European Judo Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, in U61kg.[2]

Competing for Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at the age of 27, in Judo—Women's Half-Middleweight, Gómez came in tied for 7th.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Begoña Gómez . 10 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305200046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/begona-gomez-1.html . 5 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Begoña Gomez . . 10 September 2016.