Diana Maza
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Diana Cecilia Maza Romero |
| Nationality |  Ecuador |
| Born | 4 October 1984 Cañar, Ecuador |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Judo |
| Event | 63 kg |
Diana Cecilia Maza Romero (born October 4, 1984 in Cañar) is an Ecuadorian judoka, who competed in the women's half-middleweight category.[1] She picked up the 2001 South American title in her own division, attained a fifth-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and represented her nation Ecuador in the 63-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Maza qualified for the Ecuadorian squad in the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[2][4] She lost her opening match to Japanese judoka and eventual Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto by an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw) at an immediate span of fifteen seconds.[5] In the repechage, Maza gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but slipped it away in a defeat to Tunisia's Saida Dhahri, who pinned and clutched her with a yoko shiho gatame (side four-quarter) hold three minutes and seventeen seconds into their first playoff of the draft.[6][7]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diana Maza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Ahora el sueño de ellos es olímpico" (in Spanish). El Universo. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Las medallas son recibidas con lágrimas" (in Spanish). Explored.com.ec. 12 August 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Apoyo de Gobierno a atletas olímpicos satisface a Comité ecuatoriano" (in Spanish). Quito: El Universo. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Diana Maza abrió el camino de la campeona olímpica" (in Spanish). La Hora. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Judo: Women's Half-Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "La ecuatoriana Maza no clasificó en el repechaje de judo en Atenas" (in Spanish). El Universo. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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External links
- Diana Maza at JudoInside.com
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