La “Peque” made Argentine judo reach the top, perhaps being a male-oriented sport. And at that moment, in 2016, is when We discovered what was behind an immense judoka. Today in our country and worldwide she is an emblem of sport and passion for her discipline, which she made visible, captivating other girls who were encouraged to choose her.
She uses her social networks to motivate, so that people can see what discipline, perseverance and show their daily results not only in sport but in daily life. Among the comments Many bad, negative, and insulting people appeared, which led to a statement from the athlete in relation to what she had suffered since she was a child.
The posting of Little Pareto towards “hate”
“Because of comments like these I hid my body throughout my childhood and adolescence. But I continued my process, because I knew that my physique was just the decantation of a daily job that had a goal,” he writes in the first lines of this reflection, alluding to the comments of certain people regarding his physique.
With a lot of emotional strength, “Peque” shares videos and ways in which she trains and reveals: “Today my environment knows me from that childhood to where I covered my muscles “He is surprised that I dare to publish my workouts.”
And in this story he emphasizes how dangerous it can be to give opinions about other people’s bodies: “I don’t want to go into detail but I share it because I know there are many people who may feel bad about their body for similar comments and telling them that if they have a goal, don’t let these things defeat them,” encouraging everyone who has ever suffered this bullying to continue, be strong and trust in yourself no matter what others say.
His beginnings in Judo, a sport that was closely related to men
In an interview, Paula says that she started taking classes at the age of nine, in San Fernando, province of Buenos Aires, where she still lives today. “My dad decided to take my brother and me to the judo school so we could learn to defend ourselves.”I said this is good, I was always a little embarrassed and it was the opportunity to start an activity accompanied, I already had a foundation in sports gymnastics, which helped me a lot, made it not seem so difficult to me. “That’s how it starts.”
“Many times I was the only girl in the groupfrom time to time some more would appear, and there was no shortage of people who would tell me or my parents: “That’s a boy’s sport, they let her do a boy’s sport.”that’s why I always highlight my family, because their response was always: “Judo is a sport, and each person chooses the sport they like the most,” To this day I am grateful for that support, and I value the fact of having had a family context that contains me.”
“Many athletic girls later approached, recognizing that I had broken this barrier, the glass ceiling, which served to empower women, so that more girls join and become interested in judo. Many teachers have told me that since Beijing 2008, in some training sessions there may even be more girls than boys. I always say that there are no sports for boys and girls, there is sport, everyone can do everything to the right extent, according to the capabilities and physical strength of each one,” shared the Olympic medalist and, above all, a great professional.
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