Adriana Dadci (

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Smoliniec, born 9 April 1979) is a Polish

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, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She held seven Polish senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of nineteen medals in her career, including a gold from the 2002 European Judo Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, and represented

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at the

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. Dadci also trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for AZS Academy of Physical Education () in

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under her personal coach and

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Radosław Laskowski. Dadci qualified for the Polish squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg) at the

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, based on the nation's entry to the top 22 in the world rankings for her division from the

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. She lost her opening match to Czech judoka and two-time Olympian Andrea Pažoutová, who successfully scored an

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and pulverized her to the

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with a seoi otoshi (kneeling shoulder drop) sixteen seconds before their five-minute match expired.

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* * 1979 births Living people Polish female judoka Olympic judoka for Poland Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gdynia Martial artists from Pomeranian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-judo-bio-stub