Miriam Blasco

Miriam Blasco

Personal information
Born	12 December 1963
Medal record Women's Judo Competitor for  Spain Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 57 kg division

Miriam Blasco Soto (born 12 December 1963 in Valladolid) is a professional judo competitor, who resides in Alicante, Spain. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where she won the gold medal in Women's Judo in the 57 kg division . One of the major streets in her native city of Alicante, La Avenida Miriam Blasco, was named after her.

When her professional sport career finished, she became actively involved in politics. In 2008 she was elected to the Spanish Senate in the Partido Popular (right-wing).

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