Marisa Pedulla

{{short description|American judoka}}

Marisa Lee Pedulla (born April 25, 1969) is an American former Olympic judoka. She was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/marisa-pedulla-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033501/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/marisa-pedulla-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} Pedulla was member of the US Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 52kg under division.{{cite web |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/olympics/20030430judo0430p4.asp |title=Olympics: Passion for judo pays off |publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=2003-04-30 |accessdate=2014-01-24}}{{cite web |url=http://judoinfo.com/usolympic.htm |title=US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present |publisher=Judoinfo.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626083848/http://judoinfo.com/usolympic.htm |archive-date=2014-06-26 |url-status=dead }} She would later serve as a Coach at the US Olympic Judo team at Athens. She is a professor of biology at Montana Tech of the University of Montana.{{cite web |url=http://www.maabtkd.com/offered-classes/judo/olympian-marisa-pedula |title=Olympian Marisa Pedula |publisher=Martial Arts Academy of Billings |date=2012-05-11 |accessdate=2014-01-24}} At Montana Tech, she authored "Phagedigging" - Introducing Students to Biological Research.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtech.edu/research/research_highlights/current_research_activities.htm |title=Current Research Activities |publisher=Montana Tech |date= |accessdate=2014-01-24}}

Padulla was a participant in season six of the American Gladiators television competition,{{Citation |title=First Half Preliminary Round 1: Feinberg vs. Lewiss/Pedulla vs. Phillips |work=American Gladiators |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124476/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |others=Mike Adamle, Lisa Malosky, Galen Tomlinson}} winning her primary event.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Marisa Pedulla |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/33280 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.olympedia.org}}