María Altagarcia García Cáceres (born 10 August 1987 in La Vega) is a

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who competes in the women's 52 kg category. She became the first Dominican judoka to win a world championship medal, with a bronze at the 2006 Junior Championships. García has twice competed at an

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. She was eliminated at the quarterfinal stage at the

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in Beijing and at the

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, she was defeated in the second round. She has won silver medals at the

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and 2007 Pan American Judo Championships, and bronze at the

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, and three editions of the

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* * * Dominican Republic female judoka 1987 births Living people Olympic judoka for the Dominican Republic Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Dominican Republic women 21st-century Dominican Republic sportswomen Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games {{DominicanRepublic-judo-bio-stub