Miguel Tudela is a former judoka for the 1980 United States Olympics team but he did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
Tudela served in the United States Army from 1974 to 1976, and won a military title in 1976.
He is a three time U.S. National Champion, winning in 1979, 1980 and 1983, and also finished second once. He won a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In his prime Tudela was considered "the dominant American light-heavyweight". He and his wife were featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times about their lives and his attempt to make the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, but that dream ended when he was forced to withdraw in the fourth round of the U.S. Olympic Trials with an injury.
He is married to three time national Judo champion Diane Pierce Tudela.
References
- "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- Inc, Active Interest Media (1 December 1981). "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - "Hall of Fame: Miguel Tudela". Cal State LA Athletics. California State University, Los Angeles. 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
He was in the U.S. Army from 1974-76 and won a U.S. Armed Forces title in 1976.
- "Miguel Tudela, Judoka". JudoInside.
- "Top Judoka in American Competition". Black Belt Yearbook. No. 12. Jan 1980. p. 49.
- ^ "Shouldering a Challenge". Los Angeles Times. February 1, 1984. p. 186.
- "1984 U.S. Olympic Judo Trials". Black Belt. Vol. 12. July 1984. p. 69.
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