María Bernabéu

María Bernabéu
Personal information
Full nameMaría Bernabéu Avomo
NationalitySpanish
Equatoguinean
Born (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988
Salamanca, Spain
Home townAlicante, Spain
OccupationJudoka
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2016)
World Champ.Silver (2015)
European Champ.5th (2014, 2018)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Astana ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest ‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2016 Baku ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Antalya ‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Budapest ‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest ‍–‍70 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Sarajevo ‍–‍70 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Tallinn ‍–‍70 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3327
JudoInside.com30013
Updated on 27 June 2023

María Bernabéu Avomo[a] (born 15 February 1988) is a Spanish judoka of Equatoguinean descent. She currently competes for Spain, which she represented at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Personal life

She was born in Salamanca, Spain to an Equatoguinean mother and a Spanish father from Alicante, where she lives.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bernabéu and the second or maternal family name is Avomo.

References

  1. ^ "Maria Bernabeu". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "María Bernabéu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "María Bernabéu pierde el bronce ante la alemana Vargas Koch" [María Bernabéu loses the bronze medal to Germany's Vargas Koch]. laprensadehonduras.com (in Spanish).