Miriam Blasco
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Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1992 Barcelona | –56 kg |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1991 Barcelona | –56 kg |
![]() | 1989 Belgrade | –56 kg |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 1991 Prague | –56 kg |
![]() | 1988 Pamplona | –56 kg |
![]() | 1989 Helsinki | –56 kg |
![]() | 1992 Paris | –56 kg |
![]() | 1994 Gdansk | –61 kg |
Miriam Blasco Soto (born 12 December 1963) is a professional judo competitor, who resides in Alicante, Spain. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where she won the gold medal in Women's Judo in the 56 kg division.[1][2] One of the major streets in her city of residence, Alicante, was named after her.
When her professional sport career finished, she became actively involved in politics. In 2000,[3] 2004,[4] and 2008,[5] she was elected to the Spanish Senate for the Partido Popular (right-wing).
She is married to Nicola Fairbrother, her opponent in the Olympics' final match.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miriam Blasco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "ESPN.com – OLY/SUMMER04 – medals". www.espn.com.
- ^ España, Senado de. "Ficha del Senador". www.senado.es.
- ^ España, Senado de. "Ficha del Senador". www.senado.es.
- ^ España, Senado de. "Ficha del Senador". www.senado.es.
- ^ "Enforque – Miriam Blasco: "Nicola y yo llevamos casadas año y medio"". RTVE.es. 24 July 2017.
External links
- Miriam Blasco at the International Judo Federation
- Miriam Blasco at JudoInside.com
- Miriam Blasco at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Miriam Blasco at Olympics.com
- Miriam Blasco at Olympedia
- Miriam Blasco at The-Sports.org
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- 1992–1996: –56 kg
- 2000–: –57 kg
- 1992:
Miriam Blasco (ESP)
- 1996:
Driulis González (CUB)
- 2000:
Isabel Fernández (ESP)
- 2004:
Yvonne Bönisch (GER)
- 2008:
Giulia Quintavalle (ITA)
- 2012:
Kaori Matsumoto (JPN)
- 2016:
Rafaela Silva (BRA)
- 2020:
Nora Gjakova (KOS)
- 2024:
Christa Deguchi (CAN)
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