| Birth Place: | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
| Weight: | 190 lb[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Weight Class: | +72 kg, Open |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 1982 |
| Regionals Type: | AM |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 1985 |
| Regionals Year2: | 1988 |
| Regionals Year3: | 1988 |
| Olympics Rank: | 3 |
| Olympics Year: | 1988 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's |
| Updated: | June 18, 2023 |
Margaret "Margie" Castro (born August 22, 1959),[2] also known as Margaret Castro-Gomez,[3] is an American former Olympic-level female judoka.[4] [5]
Castro is rather tall at 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) and had a competitive weight of 190 lb. In 1977, at the age of 17, she made history by becoming the youngest woman to win the International Championships.[6] She is an 11-time national champion who competed against the likes of fellow American Maureen Braziel during her competitive career. She won the open weight class but gained silver at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Nilmaris Santini. She won three world championships by the time she went to the 1988 Olympics where judo was a demonstration sport and she won a bronze medal in the +72 kg division,[7] coached by Rusty Kanokogi. This ended her competitive career. She was inducted to the USA Judo Hall of Fame.