María del Carmen Herrera Gómez

Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera in London (2012)
Personal information
Full nameMaría del Carmen Herrera Gómez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1974-09-26) 26 September 1974 (age 50)
Málaga, Spain
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Spain
SportJudo (B3)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place Athens 2004 Women's 70 kg
Gold medal – first place Beijing 2008 Women's 70 kg
Gold medal – first place London 2012 Women's 70 kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place Sao Paulo 2007 Women's 70 kg
Gold medal – first place Antalya 2011 Women's 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place Madrid 1998 Women's 70 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place Mittersill 1999 Women's 70 kg
Gold medal – first place Ufa 2001 Women's 70 kg
Gold medal – first place Vlaardingen 2005 Women's 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place Baku 2007 Women's 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place Debrecen 2009 Women's 70 kg
Profile at external databases
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Gomez.

María del Carmen Herrera Gomez (born 26 September 1974 in Málaga), commonly known as Carmen Herrera, is a judo athlete from Spain.

Personal

Herrera has visual impairment and is a B3 classified sportsperson.[1] In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.[2]

Judo

She competed in judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. She was won a gold in the Up to 70 kg women's group at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games.[1][3][4] In 2013, she was working to qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[3] although she couldn't qualify.

In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[5] In November 2013, she competed in the Open Judo Tournament Guadalajara in the women's less than 70 kilos group.[4]

She is one of the two female paralympic judokas to win three gold medals in para judo.

References

  1. ^ a b "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ "RSC.-La aseguradora 'santalucía' renueva su compromiso con el Plan ADOP" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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