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Darlene Anya (Darlen Anya, Rosalie Darlene Anaya)[1] is a former Judo Olympian for the United States. She was born in 20-Aug-1961.[2] She competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and would go on to win the silver medal in the under 48kg division.[3] She was elected the United States Judo Association Hall of Fame as an outstanding female competitor.[4] She is a second generation Judoka having been trained by her father Levi A. Anaya.[1] She would go on to a career in law enforcement in her native Albuquerque, where she would be the first woman shot in the line of duty.[5] She would receive the purple heart and would later retire.[5]

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