{{Short description|Argentine rower (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Rowing |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | {{ARG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | Coxless pair }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | Quadruple sculls }} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Quadruple sculls }} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Toronto | Quadruple sculls }} }}
'''María Laura Ábalo''' (born 14 August 1981) is an Argentine rower.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics |title=Maria Laura Abalo |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903180156/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/ce29b00c-82e4-4ddc-91ab-5471cdc3d622 |archive-date=2012-09-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> She competed at the 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2007/07/20/4584/gold_medal_to_cuba_in_last_day_of_rowing_competitions.html |title=Gold medal to Cuba in last day of Rowing competitions |publisher=Cuba Headlines |accessdate=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029022512/http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2007/07/20/4584/gold_medal_to_cuba_in_last_day_of_rowing_competitions.html |archive-date=2007-10-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/pan-american-games-vital-for-latin-american-countries |title=Pan American Games vital for Latin American countries |publisher=World Rowing |accessdate=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911095419/http://www.worldrowing.com/news/pan-american-games-vital-for-latin-american-countries |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's coxless pair with Gabriela Best.<ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abalo-maria-laura-1100802/ London2012.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823143128/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abalo-maria-laura-1100802/ |date=2012-08-23 }}</ref> At the Pan American Games, Laura won two gold medals in 2011 and a bronze medal in 2007 and 2015.
==Education== She studied at Lincoln before becoming a champion at the 2010 and 2011 Pan American Games,Laura started out as an enthusiastic young woman who played all kinds of sports in her school, playing volleyball, basketball, handball, softball, track and field, Association football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=School News Posts - Lincoln School |url=https://www.lincoln.edu.ar/community/news/school-news-posts/~board/eng-school-news/post/maria-laura-abalo-from-a-lincoln-learner-to-an-olympic-rower |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.lincoln.edu.ar |language=en-US}}</ref>
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