Maria Celia Laborde

Maria Celia Laborde
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-08-02) 2 August 1990
OccupationJudoka
Height5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Sport
Country
SportJudo
Weight class48 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2024)
World Champ. (2014)
Pan American Champ. (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago48 kg
Pan American Championships
2025 Santiago48 kg
2022 Lima48 kg
2023 Calgary48 kg
2024 Rio de Janeiro48 kg
World Masters
2023 Budapest48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2022 Perth48 kg
2025 Linz48 kg
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
2014 Chelyabinsk48 kg
Pan American Championships
2014 Guayaquil48 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2013 Paris48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Havana48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF11808, 67154
JudoInside.com56350
Updated on 29 April 2025

Maria Celia Laborde (born 2 August 1990) is a Cuban-born American judoka.

Laborde won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk for Cuba. After winning bronze at the 2013 Paris Grand Slam, she immigrated to the United States. According to a USA Today profile on Laborde before her first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2024, she had been third in the world in her weight class at the time, which would have made her likely to represent Cuba at the 2016 games; however, she originally intended to take those qualification points and use them to represent the USA, but was told that she required American citizenship and had to start from scratch. Laborde received American citizenship in 2022, making her eligible to represent the USA, and claimed a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Championships, in Lima, Peru.