Elizabeth Copes
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Carina Copes
Nationality Argentina
Born (1976-10-04) 4 October 1976 (age 47)
La Plata, Argentina
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event70 kg
ClubEstudiantes de la Plata
Coached byFernando Yuma

Elizabeth Carina Copes (born October 4, 1976, in La Plata) is an Argentine judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She held a 2002 Argentine senior title for her own division, picked up a total of thirteen medals in her career, and also represented her nation Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Copes qualified for the Argentine squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second and receiving a berth from the Pan American Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[2][4][5] She overwhelmed Greece's Alexia Kourtelesi in front of the massive home crowd for a victory in the opening match, before falling short to Dutch judoka and eventual silver medalist Edith Bosch, who scored an ippon and tightly wrapped her with an uchi mata makikomi fashion at one minute and nine seconds.[6] In the repechage round, Copes gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but her powerful grips were not enough to throw and Spain's Cecilia Blanco into the tatami with an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) during their first playoff.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Copes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Dana, Fabio (27 February 2004). "Argentina rumbo a Atenas – Nota II" [Note 2: Argentines head to Athens] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ^ "También hubo decepciones" [There were also disappointments] (in Spanish). La Nación. 12 August 2003. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Copes ya es olímpica" [Copes heads to Olympics] (in Spanish). El Día (La Plata). 22 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Rumbo a Atenas" [Flight to Athens] (in Spanish). La Nación. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Judo: Copes y Costa pierden y van a repechaje" [Judo: Copes and Costa lost, but move on to repechage] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Judo: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "La judoca olímpica Elizabeth Copes disparó contra el Gobierno provincial por la falta de apoyo" [Olympic judoka Elizabeth Copes charged the provincial government due to lack of support] (in Spanish). Agencia Nova. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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