Aurélio Fernández Miguel (born March 10, 1964) is a Brazilian

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ka and Olympic champion, and later politician. Among his best sporting achievements are his gold medal at the

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, and a bronze medal at the

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Sports career

Aurélio Miguel was born on March 10, 1964, in

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. Due to

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and the insistence of his father, Aurélio Marin, Aurélio Fernández Miguel began training in judo at the age of four years. Initially, Aurélio disliked judo, and as a child, was terrified of the roughness of the competitions and tournaments. As time passed, he became fond of the sport, and eventually won his first title in 1972. Aurélio Miguel then won the

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tournament many times, and by the year 1980, he was recognized as the best judoka in the state. Afterwards, Miguel started to compete internationally, winning the silver medal at the

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in Caracas,

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. He won the gold medal in the 1987 Pan American Games, again fighting in the under 95 kg category. In 1987 he also won a bronze medal at the

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. At the

in Seoul he became Olympic Champion, winning the -95 kg class by beating

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from West Germany in the final. At the

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in Barcelona he placed ninth. He won a silver medal at the 1993 World Judo Championships in Hamilton, losing the final to Hungarian judoka Antal Kovács. At the

in Atlanta he received a bronze medal, and next year he won a silver medal at the

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in Paris, behind gold winner

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from Poland.

Political career

Aurélio successfully ran for the

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in October 2004, representing the Partido Liberal party, being reelected for a second term in 2008 under the banner of the Republic Party.

References

External links

Official websiteAurélio Miguel at the Câmara de Vereadores de São Paulo website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miguel, Aurelio 1964 births Living people Brazilian male judoka Olympic judoka of Brazil Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Brazilian people of Catalan descent Brazilian sportsperson-politicians Liberal Party (Brazil, 1985) politicians Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) politicians Sportspeople from São Paulo Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in judo Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Universiade medalists in judo Judoka at the 1983 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games Universiade silver medalists for Brazil Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade