María Teresa Méndez Explained

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María Teresa Méndez
Fullname:María Teresa Méndez Mayo
Birth Date:29 October 1982
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Weight:630NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Altair
Coach:Francisco Barcia
Show-Medals:yes

María Teresa Méndez Mayo (born October 29, 1982, in Madrid) is an amateur Spanish wrestler, who played for the women's middleweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and also, achieved a fifth-place finish at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China.

Mendez qualified for the women's 63 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the silver medal from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, losing out to Belarus' Volha Khilko.[2] She lost the second preliminary match to France's Lise Golliot-Legrand, who was able to score a total of three points at the end of the second period.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. María Teresa Méndez. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/teresa-mendez-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 13 December 2012.
  2. News: Wrestler Olga Khilko wins qualification for Olympics 2008. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 19 May 2008. 13 December 2012. https://archive.today/20130115092504/http://news.belta.by/en/news/sport?id=225097. 15 January 2013. dead.
  3. News: Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final. NBC Olympics. 13 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104040745/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRW263404/index.html. 4 January 2014. dead.