María Teresa Méndez

María Teresa Méndez
Personal information
Full name María Teresa Méndez Mayo
Nationality  Spain
Born (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982
Madrid, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Altair
Coached by Francisco Barcia

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. "María Teresa Méndez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. "Wrestler Olga Khilko wins qualification for Olympics 2008". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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