Darlene Anaya

Darlene Anaya
Medal record
Womens Judo
Competitor for  USA
Olympic Games
Silver 1984

Darlene Anya (Darlen Anya, Rosalie Darlene Anaya)[1] is a former judo Olympian for the United States. She was born on 20-Aug-1961.[2] She competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and would go on to win the silver medal in the under 48 kg division.[3] She was elected the United States Judo Association Hall of Fame as an outstanding female competitor.[4] She is a second generation judoka having been trained by her father Levi A. Anaya.[1] She would go on to a career in law enforcement in her native Albuquerque, where she would be the first woman shot in the line of duty.[5] She would receive the Purple Heart and would later retire.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 obits.abqjournal.com
  2. ↑ www.judoinside.com
  3. ↑ judoinfo.com usolympic
  4. ↑ www.usja-judo.org
  5. 1 2 www.nmjsc.org


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