Ana Cristina Teles Meneses Hormigo (born 13 April 1981) is a Portuguese judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.[1] She won a bronze medal for her division at the 2008 European Judo Championships, and eventually defeated Italy's Valentina Moscatt for the gold at the 2011 IJF World Cup in Lisbon.[2][3] Hormigo is also a member of Associação Judo Clube União Albicastrense, and is coached and trained by Abel Louro.[4]

Ana Hormigo
Personal information
Full nameAna Cristina Teles Meneses
Hormigo
Nationality Portugal
Born (1981-04-13) 13 April 1981 (age 43)
Castelo Branco, Portugal
OccupationJudoka
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportJudo
Weight class–48 kg
ClubAssociação Judo Clube União
Albicastrense
Coached byAbel Louro
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2008)
World Champ.9th (2003, 2005)
European Champ.Bronze (2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Portugal
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lisbon –48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF4396
JudoInside.com11355
Updated on 16 November 2022

Hormigo represented Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated India's Devi Khumujam Tomb in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a waza-ari (half-point), and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap) to North Korea's Pak Ok-Song.[5] Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Hormigo offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Kelbet Nurgazina, with two koka, and a sankaku gatame (arm crush triangular arm lock), in the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, she finished only in seventh place, after losing out the final repechage bout to Russia's Lyudmila Bogdanova, who successfully scored a waza-ari and a tomoe nage (circle throw), at the end of the five-minute period.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ana Hormigo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Taça do Mundo de judo: ouro para Ana Hormigo e bronze para Telma Monteiro" [World Cup judo: Ana Hormigo gold and bronze for Telma Monteiro] (in Portuguese). Expresso XL. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Ana Hormigo books historic win at home World Cup in Lisbon". European Judo Union. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Treinador-namorado é conjugação perfeita" [Coach-girlfriend has a perfect match] (in Portuguese). Record XL. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Final of Repechage B". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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