Ana Cristina Teles Meneses Hormigo (born 13 April 1981) is a Portuguese

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who played for the extra-lightweight category. She won a bronze medal for her division at the

2008 European Judo Championships The 2008 European Judo Championships were the nineteenth edition of the European Judo Championships, held in the Altice Arena, in Lisbon, Portugal, from April 11 to April 13, 2008. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results ove ...

, and eventually defeated Italy's Valentina Moscatt for the gold at the 2011 IJF World Cup in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. Hormigo is also a member of Associação Judo Clube União Albicastrense, and is coached and trained by Abel Louro. Hormigo represented Portugal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated India's Devi Khumujam Tomb in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a

waza-ari is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu. ''Waza-ari'' in judo A ''waza-ari'' is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in judo, the ...

(half-point), and an

ōuchi gari is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kanō Jigorō. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the ...

(big inner reap) to North Korea's Pak Ok-Song. Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Hormigo offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's

Kelbet Nurgazina Kelbet Nurgazina (born 8 July 1986) is a Kazakhstani judoka. She won a bronze medal in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) category of the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite numb ...

, with two koka, and a sankaku gatame (arm crush triangular arm lock), in the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, she finished only in seventh place, after losing out the final repechage bout to Russia's Lyudmila Bogdanova, who successfully scored a waza-ari and a tomoe nage (circle throw), at the end of the five-minute period.

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1981 births Living people People from Castelo Branco, Portugal Portuguese female judoka Olympic judoka of Portugal Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Castelo Branco District 20th-century Portuguese women 21st-century Portuguese women {{Portugal-judo-bio-stub