Martilou "Marti" Malloy (born 23 June 1986 in Oak Harbor,

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) is a female judoka from the United States.

Career

Marti Malloy first made a name for herself in the senior rankings as a 16-year-old when she claimed a gold medal in her first senior international competition the 2002 Rendez-Vous Canada where she defeated a tough field, including both a 2000 Olympian and the previous year's U.S. National Champion, as well as top athletes from Canada and Great Britain. After high school, she relocated to

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where she balanced training for the 2012 Olympic Games while pursuing a degree in Advertising/Marketing. She eventually graduated from SJSU in 2010. In 2005, she continued her success at both the junior and senior levels, winning a silver medal at the Judo U.S. Open and becoming the only U.S. athlete to win gold at the Junior Pan American Championships. In 2007, she moved up from 57 kg to 63 kg where she placed ninth at the

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. Although she competed at the

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as a 63 kg player, she moved back down to 57 kg that year to win her first Senior National title in that division. In 2009, she added a second Senior National title and won the World Team Trials to compete on her second Senior World Team. In 2010, she won her first big international medal at the

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and defended her Senior National title from previous year. In 2012, she won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the class -57 kg, scoring an ippon in her last match with a kouchi gari. On her way to winning her bronze medal she beat

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in her first match, then Yadinys Amaris and

Irina Zabludina Irina Zabludina (born 24 February 1987) is a Russian judoka. She competed in the Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg, Women's 57 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Marti Malloy. Refe ...

in the quarterfinal, before losing to Corina Caprioriu in the semifinal. In the repechage she beat Giulia Quintavalle to win the bronze medal. In 2013, she won a silver medal at the

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and a silver medal at the 2013 Tokyo Grand Slam. In 2014, she won her first gold medal at the

held in Miami. She also defeated the 2012 Olympic champion

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at the 2014 World Judo Championships by armbar, but did not place in the tournament.

Achievements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malloy, Marti American female judoka Living people 1986 births People from Oak Harbor, Washington Sportspeople from Washington (state) San Jose State Spartans athletes Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in judo Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games