Giovanna Blanco
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| Full name | Giovanna José Blanco Bazon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1982 El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +78 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 7th (2003, 2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American Champ. | 
(2004, 2004, 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 13345 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 27 December 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Giovanna José Blanco Bazon (born 18 December 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanna José Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Esperanzas Olímpicas Judo". deportesnet.com (in Spanish). 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "La energía está en la motivación". El Dia (in Spanish). 2004. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Resultados - Judo". Cubahora.cu (in Spanish). 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Judo: Cuba ganó cuatro medallas de oro y se afianza". colombia.com (in Spanish). EFE. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF) (in Spanish). Odecabe. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Giovanna Blanco eliminada". El Universal (in Spanish). 3 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Giovanna Blanco at the International Judo Federation
- Giovanna Blanco at JudoInside.com
- Giovanna Blanco at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Giovanna Blanco at Olympics.com
- Giovanna Blanco at Olympedia
- Giovanna Blanco at The-Sports.org
- Giovanna Blanco on Facebook
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- Venezuelan female judoka
- Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
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- Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Venezuela
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo
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