Diana Cecilia Maza Romero (born October 4, 1984) is an Ecuadorian

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. She who competed in the women's half-middleweight category.

Early life, family and education

Diana Maza was born in the Ecuadorian canton Cañar in 1984.

Athletic career

She won the 2001 South American title in her own division, attained a fifth-place finish at the

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in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and represented her nation Ecuador in the 63-kg class at the

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. Maza qualified for the Ecuadorian squad in the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg) at the

in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela. She lost her opening match to Japanese judoka and eventual Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto by an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw) at an immediate span of fifteen seconds. In the repechage, Maza gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but slipped it away in a defeat to Tunisia's Saida Dhahri, who pinned and clutched her with a

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(side four-quarter) hold three minutes and seventeen seconds into their first playoff of the draft.

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* 1984 births Living people Ecuadorian female judoka Olympic judoka for Ecuador Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games People from Cañar South American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian women {{Ecuador-judo-bio-stub