Maria Celia Laborde
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –48 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American Champ. | 
(2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| IJF | 11808, 67154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 56350 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 3 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maria Celia Laborde (born 2 August 1990) is a Cuban-born American judoka.[1]
Laborde won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk for Cuba. After winning bronze at the 2013 Paris Grand Slam, she immigrated to the United States. According to a USA Today profile on Laborde before her first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2024, she had been third in the world in her weight class at the time, which would have made her likely to represent Cuba at the 2016 games; however, she originally intended to take those qualification points and use them to represent the USA, but was told that she required American citizenship and had to start from scratch.[2] Laborde received American citizenship in 2022, making her eligible to represent the USA, and claimed a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Championships, in Lima, Peru.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Maria Celia Laborde". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Estes, Gentry (24 July 2024). "After losing an Olympic dream a decade ago, USA Judo's Maria Laborde realizes it in Paris". USA Today. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maria Celia Laborde at the International Judo Federation
- Maria Celia Laborde at the International Judo Federation
- Maria Celia Laborde at JudoInside.com
- Maria Celia Laborde at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Maria Celia Laborde at The-Sports.org
- Maria Celia Laborde on Facebook
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Cuban female judoka
- American female judoka
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in judo
- 21st-century Cuban women
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Olympic judoka for the United States
- Cuban judo biography stubs