Margaret Castro

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 3 world championships by the time she went to the 1988 Olympics[2] where she won a Bronze Medal[3] and was coached by Rusty Kanokogi.[3] This ended her competitive career.[1] She was elected to the USA Judo Hall of Fame.[2]

See also

1987 World Judo Championships
1984 World Judo Championships
1982 World Judo Championships
Judo at the 1983 Pan American Games

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". 16 August 1983.
  5. 1 2 "Black Belt".
  6. ↑ "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS; The Games, From Archery to Yachting: Demonstration Sports - Judo (Women's)". 11 September 1988.
  7. ↑ "The All-New Book of Lists for Kids".
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