Olympian 2024
Senior World Championship Teams: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2014 (Bronze), 2013 (Bronze - Team, Fifth - Individual)
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Kenosha, WI
Name: Maria Laborde
Weight Category: 48 kg
Club: New York Athletic Club / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center
Birthdate: August 2, 1990
Current Residence: Miami, Fla.
International Judo Federation Competition History: Maria Laborde IJF Profile
Laborde won team bronze at the 2013 Senior World Championships representing her native Cuba and returned to the podium the following year with an individual bronze medal win. After moving to the United States, Laborde received her U.S. citizenship in 2022 and began competing for Team USA in March of 2022. In 2023, Laborde made history as the first U.S. athlete to medal at the Masters Worlds since 2016 when she won silver. Laborde will hold the highest seed for Team USA at the Games where she is expected to be seeded 10th at 48 kg.
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2023:
2022:
2021:
2014 (Representing Cuba):
Seventh - Dusseldorf Grand Prix
2013 (Representing Cuba):
Bronze - Paris Grand Slam
After finishing fifth the last two years, 2024 Olympian Jack Yonezuka (West Long Branch, N.J. / NYAC / Cranford JKC) finally earned his much sought-after gold medal on Friday at the Senior Pan American-Oceania Championships in Santiago, Chile. Yonezuka...
Paris 2024 Olympian Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) won her first career Grand Prix medal for the United States on Friday, taking bronze at the Upper Austria Grand Prix in Linz.Laborde, ranked #15 in the wome...
PARIS, France - Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) reached the round of 16 in the women's -48kg division on Saturday during the opening day of judo competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Fighting China's G...
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Team USA earned two silver and two bronze medals at the Senior Pan American-Oceania Championships on Friday to finish the first day of competition second in total medal count behind host nation Brazil.2024 Senior Pan Am-Ocean...
(Colorado Springs, CO) – Paris Olympic hopeful Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) finished in seventh place in the 48 kg division at the Antalya Grand Slam on Friday.With her 2-2 result, the two-time Senior World ...
(Colorado Springs, CO) – Two-time Senior World medalist Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) earned Team USA’s top finish at the Tashkent Grand Slam with a seventh-place result on Friday in Uzbekistan.Laborde opened...
(Santiago, Chile) – Paris Olympic hopefuls Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) and Angelica Delgado (Miami, FL / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) were back on the podium on Saturday, claiming bronzes on...
(Calgary, CAN) – Two of Team USA’s most experienced competitors returned to the Senior Pan Am-Oceania Championships podium on Friday when 35-year-old Hannah Martin (Burnt Hills, NY / New York Athletic Club) and Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-It...
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(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) earned the top finish at the Judo World Masters for a member of Team USA since 2016 on Tuesday, placing seventh at 48kg on the opening day of the eve...
(Colorado Springs, CO) – Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) became just the third USA Judo athlete in history to win a medal at the World Judo Masters on Friday when she earned silver at 48 kg in Budapest, Hungary...
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(Colorado Springs, CO) – Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) came one match away from reaching the Grand Slam podium in Tel Aviv on Thursday with her fifth-place finish in Israel. 2023 Tel Aviv Gra...
USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the 2025 Youth National Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center.The Youth Nationals draws more than 500 of the best athletes from ages 5-20 throughout the nation annually to vie for National Championship...
USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the 2023 Youth National Championships at the Georgia International Convention Center.The Youth Nationals draws more than 500 of the best athletes from ages 5-20 throughout the nation annually to vie for National Ch...
