Marisa Pedulla

Marisa Lee Pedulla (born April 25, 1969) is an American former Olympic judoka. She was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.[1] Pedulla was member of the US Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 52kg under division.[2][3] She would later serve as a Coach at the US Olympic Judo team at Athens.[2] She is a professor of biology at Montana Tech of the University of Montana.[4] At Montana Tech, she authored "Phagedigging" - Introducing Students to Biological Research.[5]

Padulla was a participant in season six of the American Gladiators television competition,[6] winning her primary event.[7]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marisa Pedulla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "Olympics: Passion for judo pays off". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 2003-04-30. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. ^ "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present". Judoinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  4. ^ "Olympian Marisa Pedula". Martial Arts Academy of Billings. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  5. ^ "Current Research Activities". Montana Tech. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  6. ^ "First Half Preliminary Round 1: Feinberg vs. Lewiss/Pedulla vs. Phillips", American Gladiators, Mike Adamle, Lisa Malosky, Galen Tomlinson, retrieved 2025-06-26{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ "Olympedia – Marisa Pedulla". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-26.