Carolina Mariani

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Claudia Carolina Mariani Ambrueso (born August 11, 1972 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine judoka . In 1995 she was vice world champion in the half-light weight category, the weight class up to 52 kg.

Athletic career

The international career of the 1.53 m tall Argentine began with a bronze medal each at the Pan American Championships in 1990 and the Pan American Games in 1991 . In 1992 she won the Pan American Championships. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​women's judo competitions were on the program for the first time. Carolina Mariani competed in both the super lightweight (up to 48 kg) and the half-light weight. In the half-light weight category she reached the quarter-finals with two wins, where she was defeated by the Chinese Li Zhongyun . In the hope round she lost to the Briton Sharon Rendle and finished in seventh place. The next day she lost in her first fight in the super light weight of the later Olympic champion Cécile Nowak from France, in the round of hope she lost to the Turkish Hülya Şenyurt .

In 1994 Mariani won the Pan American Championships. The following year, she lost in the final of the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata in front of a home crowd to the Cuban Legna Verdecia . At the Judo World Championships in 1995 , she won the semi-finals against the Cuban, but lost the final against the French Marie-Claire Restoux . In the quarter-finals of the 1996 Olympic Games, she was defeated by the South Korean Hyun Sook-hee and finished in seventh place as in 1992. In late 1996 she won the final of the Pan American Championships against Legna Verdecia.

In 1997 Mariani won the title at the South American Championships, at the Pan American Championships in 1997 and 1998 she received the silver medal behind Legna Verdecia. In 1999 she lost to the Cuban in the finals of the Universiade and the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg . At the 2000 Olympic Games, she lost to the Cuban early in the tournament and finished ninth. After a year break, Mariani won the 2002 Argentine national championships. Her last international medal was a bronze medal at the 2002 South American Championships.

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SURNAME Mariani, Carolina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mariani Ambrueso, Claudia Carolina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine judoka
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires