María Teresa Méndez

María Teresa Méndez
Personal information
Full nameMaría Teresa Méndez Mayo
Nationality Spain
Born (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 42)
Madrid, Spain
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubAltair
Coached byFrancisco Barcia
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Varna 55 kg

María Teresa Méndez Mayo (born October 29, 1982, in Madrid) is an amateur Spanish wrestler, who played for the women's middleweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and also, achieved a fifth-place finish at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China.

Mendez qualified for the women's 63 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the silver medal from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, losing out to Belarus' Volha Khilko.[2] She lost the second preliminary match to France's Lise Golliot-Legrand, who was able to score a total of three points at the end of the second period.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "María Teresa Méndez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Wrestler Olga Khilko wins qualification for Olympics 2008". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2012.


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