Andrea Pažoutová
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| Full name | Andrea Pažoutová-Pokorná | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Czech Republic | ||||||||||||
| Born |
6 January 1979 Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 70 kg | ||||||||||||
| Club | TJ Sokol Hradec Králové | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ivo Pažout | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrea Pažoutová-Pokorná (born January 6, 1979 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She held nine Czech senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-four medals in her career, including a bronze from the 2004 European Judo Championships in Bucharest, Romania, and represented the Czech Republic in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[2][3] Pazoutova also trained for TJ Sokol Hradec Králové in her native Hradec Králové under her personal coach, father, and sensei Ivo Pažout.[4]
Pazoutova made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed for the Czech team in the women's middleweight class (70 kg). She lost her opening match to Spain's Úrsula Martin, who scored a waza-ari and threw her to the tatami with an uchi mata assault throughout the four-minute limit. Pazoutova seized her chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but fell short in another waza-ari kick to Belgian judoka and 1996 Olympic champion Ulla Werbrouck during their repechage match.[5][6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Pazoutova qualified as a lone judoka for her second Czech squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg), by placing third and receiving a berth from the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[3][6] She pinned her neighboring Poland's Adriana Dadci with a seoi otoshi (kneeling shoulder drop) during their first match, before falling short in an earth-shattering ippon loss and an osotogari throw to Australia's Catherine Arlove in the second round. While Arlove moving forward to the semifinal match, Pazoutova faced off against North Korea's Kim Ryon-mi in the repechage round for another chance of an Olympic bronze medal, but her rigid form was not enough to lift her ōuchi gari, and lost the match by a waza-ari point.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Andrea Pažoutová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Atény vybojovala jen Pažoutová" [Athens has selected Pažoutová] (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Judistka Pažoutová vybojovala bronz" [Judoka Pažoutová wins the bronze] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Medaile si nevystavuji, mám je v srdci, tvrdí judistka Pažoutová" [Judoka Pažoutová: "The medal cannot be issued, but I have truly have an experience"] (in Czech). Czech Radio. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Judo – Women's Middleweight (70kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 116–117. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- 1 2 "České judo zastoupí na OH jen Pažoutová" [Pažoutová will only represent Czech Republic in judo at the Olympics] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Judo: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Judistka Pažoutová skončila devátá" [Judoka Pažoutová finished ninth] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links
- Andrea Pažoutová at JudoInside.com
- Idnes.cz Bio (Czech)