Andrea Pažoutová-Pokorná (born 6 January 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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, and represented the

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (

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and

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). Pazoutova also trained for TJ Sokol Hradec Králové in her native

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under her personal coach, father, and

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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

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with an

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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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. She pinned her Poland's Adriana Dadci with a seoi otoshi 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 Kim Ryon-mi (; born February 8, 1983) is a North Korean judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She captured two silver medals in the 70-kg division at the Asian Judo Championships (2004 and 2005), and finished seventh at the ...

for another chance to receive the bronze medal, but lost the match by a

point.

References

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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