Marisa Lee Pedulla (born April 25, 1969) is an American former Olympic

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. She was born in

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. Pedulla was member of the US Team at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the 52kg under division. She would later serve as a Coach at the US Olympic Judo team at Athens. She is a professor of biology at

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. At Montana Tech, she authored ''"Phagedigging" - Introducing Students to Biological Research''. Padulla was a participant in season six of the American Gladiators television competition, winning her primary event.

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