María Bernabéu Avomo (born 15 February 1988) is a Spanish

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of Equatoguinean descent. She currently competes for Spain, which she represented at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. She competed in the women's 70 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

She was born in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

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to an Equatoguinean mother and a Spanish father from

Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...

, where she lives.María Bernabéu pierde el bronce ante la alemana Vargas Koch

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Salamanca Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish female judoka Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Spain Spanish evangelicals Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for Spain Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-judo-bio-stub