Begoña Gómez Martín (born 23 November 1964) is a Spanish former Olympic
judoka
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Gómez was born in
Madrid
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, Spain
and is the wife of Spanish three-time-Olympic judoka
Carlos Sotillo.
Judo career
Gómez won the Spanish Judo Championship in U61 in 1984–86, 1988, 1990, and 1992.
She won the
gold medal
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at the
1990 European Judo Championships
The 1990 European Judo Championships were held in Frankfurt, West Germany from 10 to 13 May 1990.
Medal overview Men
Women
Medal table
Results overview
Men
60 kg
65 kg
71 kg
78 kg
86 kg
95 kg
95+ kg
Open class
Women
48 ...
in
Frankfurt, Germany
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, in U61kg.
Competing for
Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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at the age of 27, in
Judo—Women's Half-Middleweight, Gómez came in tied for 7th.
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1964 births
Living people
Spanish female judoka
Olympic judoka for Spain
Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century Spanish sportswomen
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