Maria Pekli

Maria Pekli
Personal information
Born	12 June 1972 (age 48); Baja, Hungary
Women's judo
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Representing Hungary
European Championships

Maria Pekli (born 12 June 1972 in Baja, Hungary) is an Australian judoka of Hungarian descent. She was Australian Champion in the u/57 kg division for seven consecutive years, between 1997–2003.

She won a bronze medal in the lightweight (57 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Australian woman to win an official Olympic Judo medal (although Sue Williams won a medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics when Women's Judo was a demonstration sport).

Along with Cuba's Driulys González and Japan's Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Pekli became in 2008 the first female judoka to compete at five Olympics. The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Belgian Robert Van de Walle and Puerto Rican judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet.

In 2011, Pekli was awarded Life Membership of Judo Australia for her contribution to the sport at the Australian National Judo Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	Lightweight (57 kg)
2003	World Judo Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	Lightweight (57 kg)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	Lightweight (57 kg)
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	3rd	Lightweight (57 kg)
1996	European Judo Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	2nd	Lightweight (56 kg)
1995	European Judo Championships	Birmingham, England	7th	Lightweight (56 kg)
1993	World Judo Championships	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	5th	Lightweight (56 kg)

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External links

Maria Pekli at JudoInside.com
Maria Pekli at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Maria Pekli at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
"Maria Pekli: Aiming high". ABC. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 11 July 2007.
Videos of Maria Pekli (judovision.org)

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