Margaret Castro

Margaret Castro
Personal information
Born August 22, 1959 (1959-08-22) (age 57)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  United States
World Championships
1982 Paris +72 kg
1984 Vienna +72 kg
1987 Essen +72 kg
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas Heavyweight (+72 kg)
1987 Indianapolis Heavyweight (+72 kg)

Margaret "Margie" Castro (born August 22, 1959),[1] also known as Margaret Castro-Gomez,[2] is a former Olympic-level female judo athlete for the United States[3] from Brooklyn, New York.[4][5]

Competitive career

Castro is rather tall at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and had a competitive weight of 190 lbs.[6] In 1977, at the age of 17, she made history by becoming the youngest woman to win the International Championships.[7] She is an 11-time national champion[2] who competed against the likes of fellow American Maureen Braziel during her competitive career.[5] She won the open weight class but gained silver at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Nilmaris Santini. She won three world championships by the time she went to the 1988 Olympics[2] where judo was a demonstration sport and she won a Bronze Medal in the +72 kg division,[3] coached by Rusty Kanokogi.[3] This ended her competitive career.[1] She was elected to the USA Judo Hall of Fame.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Margaret Castro, Judoka, JudoInside".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "USA Judo Hall of Fame ATHLETE". Team USA.
  3. 1 2 3 "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present".
  4. ↑ "U.S. MEN WIN IN BASKETBALL". August 16, 1983.
  5. 1 2 "Black Belt".
  6. ↑ "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS; The Games, From Archery to Yachting: Demonstration Sports – Judo (Women's)". September 11, 1988.
  7. ↑ "The All-New Book of Lists for Kids".
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