Diana Cecilia Maza Romero (born October 4, 1984) is an Ecuadorian judoka. She who competed in the women's half-middleweight category.[1]
Early life, family and education
Diana Maza was born in the Ecuadorian canton Cañar in 1984.
Athletic career
She won the 2001 South American title in her own division, attained a fifth-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and represented her nation Ecuador in the 63-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Maza qualified for the Ecuadorian squad in the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[2][4] She lost her opening match to Japanese judoka and eventual Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto by an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw) at an immediate span of fifteen seconds.[5] In the repechage, Maza gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but slipped it away in a defeat to Tunisia's Saida Dhahri, who pinned and clutched her with a yoko shiho gatame (side four-quarter) hold three minutes and seventeen seconds into their first playoff of the draft.[6][7]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diana Maza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Ahora el sueño de ellos es olímpico" [Now the Olympic dream has been granted]. El Universo (in Spanish). 18 May 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Las medallas son recibidas con lágrimas" [The medals are received with tears]. Explored.com.ec (in Spanish). 12 August 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Apoyo de Gobierno a atletas olímpicos satisface a Comité ecuatoriano" [Ecuadorian Olympic Committee satisfies government support for the athletes]. El Universo (in Spanish). Quito. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Diana Maza abrió el camino de la campeona olímpica" [Diana Maza opened her way for the Olympic champion]. La Hora (in Spanish). 18 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Judo: Women's Half-Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Repechage Round 1". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "La ecuatoriana Maza no clasificó en el repechaje de judo en Atenas" [Ecuadorian Diana Maza eliminated from the judo repechage in Athens]. El Universo (in Spanish). 18 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
External links
- Diana Maza at JudoInside.com
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