João Pina (born 13 July 1981) is a Portuguese

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. He won consecutive European titles in the under-73 kg category at the

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. He has competed three times at the Olympics. He finished in 7th in

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in the -66 kg category, losing to eventual bronze medalist Yordanis Arencibia. Moving up to the -73 kg category, he finished 13th at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and 16th at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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João Pina joins Sporting Clube de Portugal
1981 births Living people Portuguese male judoka Olympic judoka of Portugal Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics 20th-century Portuguese people 21st-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-judo-bio-stub