- Miriam Blasco
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Miriam Blasco Personal information Born December 12, 1963 Medal recordWomen's Judo Competitor for Spain Olympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona 57 kg division Miriam Blasco Soto (born December 12, 1963 in Valladolid) 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 57 kg division [1]. One of the major streets in her native city of Alicante, La Avenida Miriam Blasco, was named after her.
When her professional sport career finished, she became actively involved in politics. In 2008 she was elected to the Spanish Senate in the Partido Popular (right-wing).
References
Olympic Champions in Judo - Women's Lightweight 1896-1988 not held • 1992: Miriam Blasco | 1996: Driulis González | 2000: Isabel Fernández | 2004: Yvonne Bönisch | 2008: Giulia Quintavalle
Categories:- 1963 births
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- Spanish judoka
- Olympic judoka of Spain
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in judo
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