Darlene Anya (Darlen Anya, Rosalie Darlene Anaya)[1] is a former judoka for the United States. She was born on 20-Aug-1961.[2] She competed in the 1984 World Judo Championships and would go on to win the silver medal in the under 48 kg division.[3] She was elected the United States Judo Association Hall of Fame as an outstanding female competitor.[4] She is a second generation judoka having been trained by her father Levi A. Anaya.[1] She would go on to a career in law enforcement in her native Albuquerque, where she would be the first woman shot in the line of duty.[5] She would receive the Purple Heart and would later retire.[5]
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Judo | ||
Representing  USA
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| World Judo Championships | ||
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Silver | 1984 |
References
edit- ^ a b obits.abqjournal.com
- ^ www.judoinside.com
- ^ "judoinfo.com usolympic". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ www.usja-judo.org Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "www.nmjsc.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
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