María Fernanda Zapata Manjarrés Makes History as First Quindío Athlete to Rank Internationally in Combat Sports

Sport / SEPTEMBER 03, 2023 / 11 hours later

Author : Andrés Felipe Ramos Gámez

María Fernanda is the first athlete in the region to be located globally in combat sports.

Visual judoka from Quindío, María Fernanda Zapata Manjarrés, finished in box 14 after her participation in the IBSA World Games –acronym in English of the International Federation of Sports for the Blind-.

The contest was held in Birmingham, England, where the coffee athlete participated in the +48 kilograms J1 categorywas measured against competitors from different parts of Europe and America.

In this way, María Fernanda Zapata Manjarrés became the first athlete from the department of Quindío to rank internationally in combat sports..

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Juan Manuel González, territorial judo coach, referred to the performance of the youth athlete and the experience lived on British soil.

“We had a good draw, it placed us in the round of 16, which led us to place seventh in the world at the end of the competition and add 40 points in the senior international ranking”.

But he made it clear that “it can be said that the athlete is still young, that she has just participated in the Youth Parapan American Games, and well, she already has experience at the international level.”

2023-09-03 05:30:37
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