Marisa Lee Pedulla (born April 25, 1969) is an American former Olympic

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. She was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Pedulla was member of the US Team at the

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in the 52kg under division. She would later serve as a Coach at the US Olympic Judo team at Athens. She is a Professor of Biology at Montana Tech of the University of Montana. At Montana Tech, she authored ''"Phagedigging" - Introducing Students to Biological Research''. Also, she is an American Gladiator champion.

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1969 births Living people American female judoka Olympic judoka of the United States Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka trainers 21st-century American women {{US-judo-bio-stub