Name: Maria Laborde

Weight Category: 48 kg

Club: New York Athletic Club / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center

Birthdate: August 2, 1990

Current Residence: Miami, Fla.

Olympic Experience

Paris 2024 - Round of 16

Career Highlights

Current World Ranking: No. 12
2023 Masters World Championships Silver medalist
2014 Senior World Championships Bronze Medalist
2013 Senior World Team Championships Bronze Medalist
2013 Senior World Championships Fifth-Place Finisher
2014 Paris Grand Slam Bronze Medalist
4x Senior Pan American Championships Medalist
2014 Havana Grand Prix Champion
3x Continental Open Champion
2x USA Judo Senior National Champion

International Judo Federation Competition History: Maria Laborde IJF Profile

Personal:

Laborde won team bronze at the 2013 Senior World Championships representing her native Cuba and returned to the podium the following year with an individual bronze medal win. After moving to the United States, Laborde received her U.S. citizenship in 2022 and began competing for Team USA in March of 2022. In 2023, Laborde made history as the first U.S. athlete to medal at the Masters Worlds since 2016 when she won silver. Laborde will hold the highest seed for Team USA at the Games where she is expected to be seeded 10th at 48 kg.

Competition History:

2024:

Bronze - Senior Pan American-Oceania Championships
Seventh - Antalya Grand Slam
Seventh - Tashkent Grand Slam

2023:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Silver - Masters World Championships
Silver - Santo Domingo Pan American Open
Bronze - Senior Pan American-Oceania Championships
Bronze - Pan American Games
Fifth - Tel Aviv Grand Slam
Seventh - Zagreb Grand Prix
Seventh - Paris Grand Slam
Seventh - Dushanbe Grand Prix
Seventh - Upper Austria Grand Prix

2022:

Gold - Perth Oceania Open
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - Santo Domingo Pan American Open
Gold - Tunis African Open
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
Seventh - World Masters Championships
Seventh - Zagreb Grand Prix

2021:

Gold - USA Judo President's Cup National Championships
Gold - Dallas Invitational

2014 (Representing Cuba):

Gold - Havana Grand Prix
Gold - Senior Pan American Championships
Gold - Belgian Ladies Open
Bronze - Senior World Championships
Fifth - Paris Grand Slam
Seventh - Dusseldorf Grand Prix

2013 (Representing Cuba):

Bronze - Senior World Team Championships (52kg)
Bronze - Paris Grand Slam
Bronze - Belgian Ladies Open
Fifth - Senior World Championships
Seventh - Senior Pan American Championships

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