Maria Celia Laborde

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Maria Celia Laborde
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-08-02) 2 August 1990 (age 34)
Occupation Judoka
Height5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Sport
Country
Sport Judo
Weight class 48 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games R16 (2024)
World Champ. Bronze medal world centered-2.svg (2014)
Pan American Champ. Gold medal america.svg (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago 48 kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Lima 48 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Calgary 48 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Rio de Janeiro 48 kg
World Masters
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Budapest 48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Perth 48 kg
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Chelyabinsk 48 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Guayaquil 48 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Paris 48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Havana 48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 11808 , 67154
JudoInside.com 56350
Updated on 3 August 2024

Maria Celia Laborde (born 2 August 1990) is a Cuban-born American judoka. [1]

Laborde won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk for Cuba. After winning bronze at the 2013 Paris Grand Slam, she immigrated to the United States. According to a USA Today profile on Laborde before her first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2024, she had been third in the world in her weight class at the time, which would have made her likely to represent Cuba at the 2016 games; however, she originally intended to take those qualification points and use them to represent the USA, but was told that she required American citizenship and had to start from scratch. [2] Laborde received American citizenship in 2022, making her eligible to represent the USA, and claimed a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Championships, in Lima, Peru. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Maria Celia Laborde". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. Estes, Gentry (24 July 2024). "After losing an Olympic dream a decade ago, USA Judo's Maria Laborde realizes it in Paris". USA Today. Retrieved 31 July 2024.