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Devu Thapa

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Deva Thapa
Personal information
Birth nameDeva Thapa
Full nameDeva Thapa
NationalityNepali
Born (1974-02-07) 7 February 1974 (age 50)
Jumla, Nepal
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+12 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event63 kg

Devu Thapa (Nepali: देबु थापा) (born February 7, 1974, in Jumla) is a Nepalese judoka, who played for the light middleweight category.[1] At age thirty-four, Thapa made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 63 kg class. She lost her first preliminary match to Chinese Taipei's Wang Chin-Fang, who was able to score an automatic ippon at twenty-two seconds.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Devu Thapa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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