Andrea Pažoutová-Pokorná (born January 6, 1979) is a Czech

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, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She held nine Czech senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-four medals in her career, including a bronze from the

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in Bucharest, Romania, and represented the

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Pazoutova also trained for TJ Sokol Hradec Králové in her native Hradec Králové under her personal coach, father, and sensei Ivo Pažout.

Olympics

Pazoutova participated in the

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, where she competed for the Czech team in the women's middleweight class (70 kg). She lost her opening match to Spain's Úrsula Martin, who scored a

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and threw her to the tatami with an uchi mata assault throughout the four-minute limit. Pazoutova seized her chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but fell short in another waza-ari kick to Belgian judoka and 1996 Olympic champion

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during their repechage match. At the

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, Pazoutova qualified as a lone judoka for her second Czech squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg), by placing third and receiving a berth from the

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in Bucharest, Romania. She pinned her Poland's

Adriana Dadci Adriana Dadci (née Smoliniec, born April 9, 1979) is a Polish judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She held seven Polish senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of nineteen medals in her career, including a gol ...

with a

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during the first match, before falling short in an

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throw to Australia's Catherine Arlove in the second round. While Arlove moved forward to the semifinal match, Pazoutova faced off against North Korea's Kim Ryon-mi for another chance to receive the bronze medal, but lost the match by a

point.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pazoutova, Andrea 1979 births Living people Czech female judoka Olympic judoka for the Czech Republic Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hradec Králové