| Athlete Biography
Name: Jeanette Rodriguez
Weight Category: 48kg
Date of Birth: July 22, 1990
Current Residence: Coral Springs, Fla.
Club Name: USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami
Coach: Jhonny Prado and German Velazco
World Championship Teams: 2007
Pan American Games Teams: 2007 (Bronze)
Senior Pan American Championship Teams: 2007
Junior World Championship Teams: 2006 (Fifth)
Pan American Junior Championship Teams: 2007 (Gold, Junior), 2006 (Gold, Juvenile), 2005 (Silver, Juvenile), 2004 (Gold, Infantile)
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Personal: As a 14-year-old, Rodriguez won her first medal in an Olympic weight division at the 2005 Senior National Championships, claiming bronze at 48kg. One of the youngest athletes to have a top-three ranking on the Senior National Roster, Rodriguez is virtually undefeated in junior competition. Rodriguez, a Long Island native, moved to South Florida several years ago and now trains with former Junior World medalist German Velazco at the USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami.
In April 2006, Rodriguez produced the biggest upset of the Senior National Championships, defeating Sayaka Matsumoto, a six-time consecutive Champion, to win gold. A member of the USA Judo Elite U-23 Team, Rodriguez became the #1 senior athlete in the division after defeating Matsumoto again to win the U.S. Open in October, 2006. A fifth-place finisher at the 2006 Junior World Championships, Rodriguez qualified for her first Senior Pan Am and World Teams in 2007, winning a bronze at the Pan American Games. |
Recent Career Highlights
2007:
- Gold – British Open (Senior, 48kg)
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Gold – Pan American Games (Senior, 48kg)
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Gold – U.S. Open (Senior, 48kg)
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Silver – USA Judo Senior National Championships (Senior, 48kg)
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Bronze – Golden Judoguis Championships (Senior, 48kg)
- Bronze – Rendez-Vous Canada (Senior (48kg)
- Bronze – Junior Belgian Ladies' Open (48kg)
- Bronze – Finnish Open
- Fifth – Sweden Open (Senior, 48kg)
2006:
- Gold – U.S. Open (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – Senior National Championships (48kg)
- Gold – Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior, 48kg)
- Gold – Ladder Tournament (Senior, 52kg)
- Gold – Pan American Juvenile Championships (48kg)
- Gold – Liberty Bell Classic (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – National High School Championships (48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile B, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (IJF-Junior, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Federation Junior National Championships (Juvenile B, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Federation Junior National Championships (IJF-Junior, 48kg)
- Silver – Rendez-Vous Canada (Senior, 48kg)
- Bronze – Fall Classic National Championships (Senior, 48kg)
- Fifth – Tre-Torri International (Senior, 48kg)
- Fifth – Junior World Championships (48kg)
- Seventh – Belgium Ladies Open (Senior, 48kg)
2005:
- Gold – Dallas Invitational (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – Ladder Tournament (Senior, 52kg)
- Gold – Fall Classic National Championships (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – Golden State Open (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – Junior U.S. Open (Cadet, 48kg)
- Gold – Junior U.S. Open (Youth, 48kg)
- Gold – USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships (IJF Junior, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Federation Junior National Championships (Juvenile C, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile B, 48kg)
- Gold – U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile C, 48kg)
- Gold – Am Can Judo Challenge (Senior, 48kg)
- Gold – Copa Gigante (Juvenile B, 48kg)
- Gold – Carribean Cup (Juvenile B, 48kg)
- Silver – Pan American Juvenile Championship Teams (Juvenile, 48kg)
- Bronze – USA Judo Senior National Championships (Senior 48kg)
2004:
- Gold – Pan American Infantile Championships (44kg)
- Gold – U.S. Open (Senior 44kg)
- Gold – Fall Classic National Championships (Senior 44kg)
- Silver – USA Judo Senior National Championships (Senior 44kg)
- Bronze – Ladder Tournament (Senior 48kg)
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