Giovanna Blanco Explained
| Full Name: | Giovanna José Blanco Bazon |
| Birth Place: | El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Weight Class: | +78 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 7 |
| Worlds Year: | 2003 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's Open |
| Worlds Year2: | 2005 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Women's +78 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AM |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2004 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2004 |
| Regionals Year3: | 2006 |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2012 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
| Updated: | 27 December 2022 |
Giovanna José Blanco Bazon (born 18 December 1982)[1] is a female judoka from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the women's heavyweight division (+ 78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Career
Blanco won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games,[2] and represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[3]
She won the gold medal in the open category,[4] silver in over 78 kg[5] and bronze in the team competition[6] of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she lost to Japanese Mika Sugimoto after only 51 seconds in the second round of the +78 kg category.[7]
Notes and References
- Giovanna José Blanco . 21 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103201051/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/giovanna-jose-blanco-1.html . 3 November 2012.
- News: Esperanzas Olímpicas Judo . deportesnet.com . Spanish . 2004 . 21 August 2012.
- News: La energía está en la motivación . El Dia . Spanish . 2004 . 21 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041224041922/http://www.eldia.com.ar/suplementos/Atenas2004/j2.asp . 24 December 2004.
- Web site: Resultados - Judo . https://archive.today/20130210012039/http://old.cubahora.cu/index.php?tpl=coberturas/deportes/centroam/2006/deportes/judo.tpl.html . dead . 10 February 2013 . Cubahora.cu . Spanish . 29 July 2006 . 18 August 2012.
- News: Judo: Cuba ganó cuatro medallas de oro y se afianza . EFE . colombia.com . Spanish . 26 July 2006 . 18 August 2012.
- Web site: Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe . Odecabe . Spanish . 2010 . 21 August 2012 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327083307/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe1.pdf . 27 March 2012.
- News: Giovanna Blanco eliminada . El Universal . Spanish . 3 August 2012 . 21 August 2012.
