Begoña Gómez (judoka)
Spanish judoka (born 1964)
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Begoña Gómez Martín[a] (born 23 November 1964) is a Spanish former Olympic judoka.[1]
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| Full name | Begoña Gómez Martín | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1964 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Carlos Sotillo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 7th (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 7th (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 53842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5936 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 3 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gómez was born in Madrid, Spain[1] and is the wife of Spanish three-time-Olympic judoka Carlos Sotillo.[1]
Judo career
Gómez won the Spanish Judo Championship in U61 in 1984–86, 1988, 1990, and 1992.[2]
She won the gold medal at the 1990 European Judo Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, in U61kg.[2]
Competing for Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at the age of 27, in Judo—Women's Half-Middleweight, Gómez came in tied for 7th.[1]
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Martín.
