Giovanna Blanco

Giovanna Blanco
Personal information
Born December 18, 1982

Giovanna José Blanco Bazon (born December 18, 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]

References

  1. Sport Reference. "Giovanna José Blanco". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  2. deportesnet.com (2004). "Esperanzas Olímpicas Judo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. El Dia (2004). "La energía está en la motivación" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2004-12-24. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. Cubahora.cu (2006-07-29). "Resultados - Judo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  5. colombia.com (2006-07-26). "Judo: Cuba ganó cuatro medallas de oro y se afianza" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  6. "Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF) (in Spanish). Odecabe. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  7. El Universal (2012-08-03). "Giovanna Blanco eliminada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-08-21.


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