Lorena Briceño (born April 19, 1978, in

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) is a female

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ka from

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. She competed for her native

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n country at the

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and won a bronze medal at the

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1978 births Argentine female judoka Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Living people Olympic judoka for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Neuquén 21st-century Argentine sportswomen 20th-century Argentine sportswomen {{Argentina-judo-bio-stub