Villanueva de la Cañada is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Located 30 km north-west from Madrid, the municipality covers an area of 34.92 km2. Geographically, it sits on a large plain, in which there are several promontories, on one of which is found the castle of Aulencia, its main landmark. The ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre lies close to the former, on the Guadarrama riverfront. Villafranca del Castillo, a well-off urban area detached from the main nucleus, is located within the municipal bounds. Villanueva de la Cañada hosts the main campus of the Alfonso X El Sabio University as well as the Aquópolis waterpark.
Miriam Blasco Soto 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. One of the major streets in her native city of Alicante, La Avenida Miriam Blasco, was named after her.
Sport in Spain in the second half of the 20th century has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, tennis, cycling, padel, handball, rugby, rally, motorcycling, judo, Formula One, water sports, rhythmic gymnastics, bullfighting, golf, and skiing.
Ezio Gamba is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympic Games. Gamba claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (–71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.
David Larose is a French judoka. He competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Paula Belén Pareto is an Argentine retired judoka and physician. She was the flag bearer for her country at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Giovanna José Blanco Bazon is a female judoka from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the women's heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Frédérique Jossinet is a French Olympic judoka in the lightest class.
Jean-Luc Rougé is a French judoka. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Linouse Desravine is a Haitian judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was Haiti's flag bearer, but she was defeated in the first round of her event.
Ana Carrascosa Zaragoza is a Spanish judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. Carrascosa has twice been a bronze medalist at the World Judo Championships. At European level, Carrascosa has won the European Championships once (2008), came second twice and won one bronze medal (2011). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Carrascosa reached the third round where she lost to the eventual champion Xian Dongmei. She then lost to Kim Kyung-ok in the bronze medal match in the repechage. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the first round by Marie Muller of Luxembourg.
Cecilia Blanco García is a Spanish judoka. She competed in two Summer Olympics: in 2004 in Athens in the 70 kg event where she lost the repechage semifinals to Qin Dongya and in 2012 in London in the 70 kg event where she lost her second match to Raša Sraka. Blanco won three silver medals and one bronze medal (2010) at the European Judo Championships.
Esther San Miguel Busto is a Spanish judoka. She has won six national titles and two European titles for the half-heavyweight division (78 kg). She is also a bronze medalist at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, and has captured a total of twenty-seven World Cup medals, including eight golds. San Miguel is a member of Centro de Alto Rendimiento Madrid Judo Club, and is coached by Sacramento Moyano.
Alexis Chiclana Meléndez is a Puerto Rican judoka, who played for the middleweight category. He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Mohamed El Assri is a Moroccan judoka, who played for the middleweight category. He won a total of five medals for his division at the African Judo Championships. He also captured a silver medal in the 66 kg class at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, losing out to Greece's Ilias Iliadis.
David Garcia del Valle is a judo athlete from Spain, who has represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a pair of silver medals in 2000 and 2004.
Francisco Garrigos Rosa is a Spanish judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. In 2016, he competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's 60 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Tobias Englmaier.
Nikoloz Sherazadishvili is a Georgian-born, Spanish judoka.
Akil Gjakova is a Kosovan judoka. He is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and the European Judo Championships.
Cristina Cabaña Pérez is a Spanish judoka.
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