Miriam Blasco Soto (born 12 December 1963) is a professional judo competitor, who resides in

Alicante, Spain Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

. She competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain where she won the gold medal in Women's Judo in the 57 kg division. One of the major streets in her native city of

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

, ''La Avenida Miriam Blasco'', was named after her. When her professional sport career finished, she became actively involved in politics. In 2000, 2004, and 2008, she was elected to the Spanish Senate for the Partido Popular (right-wing). She is married to

Nicola Fairbrother Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 7th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka. Judo career Fairbrother's first significant succe ...

, her opponent in the Olympics' final match.

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* 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Valladolid Spanish female judoka Olympic judoka of Spain Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics LGBT judoka Spanish LGBT sportspeople 20th-century Spanish women {{Spain-judo-bio-stub