PARETO Paula

Argentina
Judo
16 Jan 1986
35
Female
Olympic Scholarship
SAN FERNANDO
 
Argentina
TIGRE
 
Argentina

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
JUD Judo Women -48 kg 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1
Women -48 kg Elimination Round of 32
#11
ARG
PARETO PPARETO Paula
10
IPP
RSA
WHITEBOOI GWHITEBOOI Geronay
0s1
Finished
Followed by 		Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1
Women -48 kg Elimination Round of 16
#20
ARG
PARETO PPARETO Paula
10
IPP
SLO
STANGAR MSTANGAR Marusa
0
Finished
Followed by 		Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1
Women -48 kg Quarterfinal
#24
JPN
TONAKI FTONAKI Funa
10s1
IPP
ARG
PARETO PPARETO Paula
0
Finished
Followed by 		Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1
Women -48 kg Repechage contest
#26
POR
COSTA CCOSTA Catarina
1s2
WAZ
ARG
PARETO PPARETO Paula
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
YearLocation-48 kg
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1
2012London, GBR5
2008Beijing, CHN3

World Championships
YearLocation-48 kg
2019Tokyo, JPN7
2018Baku, AZE3
2015Astana, KAZ1
2014Chelyabinsk, RUS2
2013Rio de Janeiro, BRA9
2010Tokyo, JPN7
2009Rotterdam, NED17
2007Rio de Janeiro, BRA5

Pan American Games
YearLocation-48 kg
2019Lima, PER5

Pan American Championships
YearLocation-48 kg
2020Montreal, QC, CAN1
2019Lima, PER1
2018San Jose, CRC1
2017Panama City, PAN1

World Masters
YearLocation-48 kg
2021Doha, QAT7
2018Guangzhou, CHN9

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd5th7th9th16th17th30th-33rd
2021-48 kg---1x-----
2020-48 kg-1x-------
2019-48 kg1x--------
2018-48 kg-1x1x------
2017-48 kg--1x------

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd5th7th8th9th10th15th-33rd
2019-48 kg--1x------
2018-48 kg1x---1x----
2017-48 kg--1x------

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd4rd5th7th8th9th10th15th-33rd
2017-48 kg1x---------

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12019-48 kgGrand SlamYekaterinburg, RUS
12018-48 kgGrand PrixCancun, MEX
12017-48 kgWorld CupLima, PER
22020-48 kgGrand SlamBudapest, HUN
22018-48 kgGrand SlamYekaterinburg, RUS
32019-48 kgGrand PrixMontreal, FRA
32018-48 kgGrand SlamAbu Dhabi, UAE
32017-48 kgGrand SlamAbu Dhabi, UAE
32017-48 kgGrand PrixZagreb, CRO
52021-48 kgGrand SlamAntalya, TUR
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Pau, La Peque [the short one] (Facebook profile, 02 Nov 2019; cnnespanol.cnn.com, 01 May 2019)
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Football. (noticias.perfil.com, 06 Aug 2019)
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Athlete, Doctor
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Medicine - University of Buenos Aires [UBA], Argentina
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Spanish
:
Laura Martinel [personal], ARG; Ariel Sganga [national]
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She began the sport at age nine at the San Fernando club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (infobae.com, 16 Apr 2021; clarin.com, 09 Aug 2008; parati.com.ar, 31 Aug 2008)
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Her father Aldo Pareto encouraged her and her brother to take up the sport, in order to improve their self-defence. "When I started there weren't many girls doing judo. There were one or two other girls, but no more than that. Sometimes I went months being the only girl training. I loved being the only one because I was like the little princess of the dojo, from the teacher down, everyone had a separate respect for me." (infobae.com, 16 Apr 2021; clarin.com, 09 Aug 2008; parati.com.ar, 31 Aug 2008)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 11 Feb 2021)
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She trains at the National High Performance Centre [CENARD] in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (infobae.com, 16 Apr 2021)
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Winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (serargentino.com, 06 Jan 2021)
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Argentinian basketballer Emanuel Ginobili, Argentinian tennis player Gabriela Sabatini. (serargentino.com, 06 Jan 2021)
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"Injustices make me stronger. From everything that happens to us, you can always find positives." (Facebook page, 01 Apr 2021)
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In 2020 she was the recipient of the Community Hero Award from the International Judo Federation [IJF]. (ijf.org, 27 Dec 2020)

She received the 'Olimpia de Plata' [Silver Olympia] award from the Argentinian Association of Sports Journalists [CPD] in 2017 and 2018. (lanacion.com.ar, 18 Dec 2018; TNT Sports LA YouTube channel, 17 Dec 2018; infobae.com, 19 Dec 2017)

In 2015 she received the 'Olimpia de Oro' [Golden Olympia] award from the CPD as the Athlete of the Year. (territoriodigital.com, 23 Dec 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She has considered retiring from competitive sport after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I do not know if I will continue after the Olympic Games because I have two persistent injuries and my body is beginning to feel the strain after all these years. I have also had back surgery. But this all makes me go to Japan ready to give everything I've got." (telemundowashingtondc.com, 12 Apr 2021)

OCCUPATION
She has worked as a trauma doctor at a hospital in Argentina. During the COVID-19 pandemic she also helped support other departments. "In the hospital the cases are increasing, but the health system hasn't collapsed, which is the fear everyone has. Even if we work in traumatology we give to the other doctors in the medical team a hand. Obviously we are also attending the patients who come to our department. We had some patients in traumatology affected by coronavirus, so we had to be extra careful in order to help them and ourselves." (tokyo2020.org, 11 Feb 2021; insidethegames.biz, 18 Apr 2021)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
IPP:
Ippon
WAZ:
Waza-Ari
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