María García (judoka) explained

Full Name:María Altagarcia García Cáceres
Birth Place:La Vega
Country:Dominican Republic
Weight Class:52 kg
Worlds Rank:13
Worlds Year:2005
Worlds Weight:Women's 52 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:2
Regionals Year:2005
Regionals Year2:2007
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2008
Olympics Weight:Women's 52 kg
Olympics Year2:2012
Olympics Weight2:Women's 52 kg
Updated:27 November 2022

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: María García Buscará primera medalla de judo RD . María García will seek her first DR judo medal . hoy.com.do . es . 21 July 2008 . 14 July 2015.
  2. María García . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203052921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/maria-garcia-2.html . 3 December 2016 . 15 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Maria Garcia . Toronto 2015 Pan American Games . 14 July 2015 . 14 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714151916/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/judo/athlete-profile-n10145048-garcia-maria.htm . dead .