LAURIA Matilde

Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1966

Age: 54

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B1

Place of residence : NAPLES

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -70 kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -70 kg Quarterfinals #9 BRA MALDONADO AMALDONADO Alana Sport Class: B2 10 IPP ITA LAURIA MLAURIA Matilde Sport Class: B1 0	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -70 kg Final of Repechage A #33 ITA LAURIA MLAURIA Matilde Sport Class: B1 0 RPC ZABRODSKAIA OZABRODSKAIA Olga Sport Class: B2 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Women -70 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
European Championships
5	Women -70 kg	2019	Genoa, ITA

Occupation:

Husband Alessandro, daughter Paola, sons Marco and Gabriele

Languages spoken:

ASD Noived Napoli [Naples, ITA]

Roberto Tamanti [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her daughter Paola has competed in judo and as a teenager won a silver medal at the Italian youth national championships. (corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it, 15 Nov 2015)

Other sports:

Prior to losing her vision she competed in mountain biking in her youth, including at national level in Italy. (trevisomtb.it, 22 Feb 2013)

She took up judo in 2006. (fispic.it, 15 Mar 2021)

While taking her son Marco to the gym, a coach approached her to try out judo. "I started out just for fun but, after two months of training, I had already beaten the top athlete in our gym." (fispic.it, 15 Mar 2021)

Winning her first Italian national championship title in Naples, Italy. (fispic.it, 15 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"We must go further, be one step ahead of disability, not behind. Everything can be done with the right means. Judo gives me a lot of balance and a lot of strength, even spiritual." (ilmediano.com, 09 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (ibsasport.org, 23 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it 15 Nov 2015)

Impairment Details
A degenerative visual impairment caused her to lose her sight in 2011. She also has a hearing impairment. (ilmattino.it, 28 Sep 2018; corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it, 15 Nov 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/matilde.lauria.5

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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