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Darlene Anaya

Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  USA
World Judo Championships
	Silver	1984

Darlene Anya (Darlen Anya, Rosalie Darlene Anaya) is a former judoka for the United States. She was born on 20-Aug-1961. She competed in the 1984 World Judo Championships and would go on to win the silver medal in the under 48 kg division. She was elected the United States Judo Association Hall of Fame as an outstanding female competitor. She is a second generation judoka having been trained by her father Levi A. Anaya. 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. She would receive the Purple Heart and would later retire.

References

1. ^ obits.abqjournal.com
2. www.judoinside.com
3. "judoinfo.com usolympic". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
4. www.usja-judo.org Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ "www.nmjsc.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

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