GARCIA Estefania

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-63 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9
2012	London, GBR	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-63 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	17
2019	Tokyo, JPN	33
2018	Baku, AZE	9
2017	Budapest, HUN	33
2015	Astana, KAZ	17
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	33
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9

Pan American Games

Year	Location	-63 kg
2019	Lima, PER	5

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	-63 kg
2021	Guadalajara, MEX	3
2020	Montreal, QC, CAN	7
2019	Lima, PER	3
2018	San Jose, CRC	7
2017	Panama City, PAN	1

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-63 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	-63 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	1x
2019	-63 kg	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-	3x	-
2018	-63 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2018	-63 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2021	-63 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-63 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-63 kg	2x	3x	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-63 kg	2x	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	-63 kg	World Cup	Guayaquil, ECU
1	2020	-63 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER
1	2019	-63 kg	World Cup	Santo Domingo, DOM
1	2019	-63 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER
1	2018	-63 kg	World Cup	Buenos Aires, ARG
1	2018	-63 kg	World Cup	Santiago, CHI
2	2019	-63 kg	World Cup	Quito, ECU
2	2019	-63 kg	World Cup	Santiago, CHI
2	2019	-63 kg	World Cup	Cordoba, ARG
3	2018	-63 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER

Estef Kikai (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Watching films, paintball, football, polo, volleyball, video games. (deporte.gob.ec, 06 Aug 2020; Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Culinary Studies - Higher Institute of Culinary Arts, Guayaquil, ECU

English, Spanish

Federacion Deportiva de Manabi [FDM] [Portoviejo, ECU]

Jose Larrinaga [club], CUB; Jose Romero [national], ECU

She took up the sport at age seven in Portoviejo, Ecuador. (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)

Her mother was an athlete and encouraged her into sports. She tried basketball, athletics, karate and swimming, but settled on judo as she took a liking to martial arts. "When I was nine I was asked to take part in a competition against children aged 12. My mother thought it would be good for my character, so she allowed it, and I won a bronze medal." (fedemanabi.org.ec, 14 Jun 2016; tvmax-9.com, 13 Jul 2015)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Reaching the second round at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, her performances at the 2013 and 2018 World Championships, and winning gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Her mother. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Her mother Day and father Pepe. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

She prays before fighting. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

"Anything is possible." (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)

She was Ecuador's flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (worldjudoday.com, 09 Aug 2016)