Kayo Fabrício Silva dos Santos (born 5 January 2002 in
Arcoverde
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) is a Brazilian
judoka
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In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 90 kg category at the Pan-American Junior Judo Championship, held in Cali,
Colombia
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. Current Brazilian school champion and Brazilian runner-up, Kayo Santos, from Associação Plínio Almeida, from Arcoverde, won the title defeating Canadian Amir Abis Elrehim.
At the
2021 Junior Pan American Games
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held in Cali, Colombia, he won two gold medals in the 100 kg category and in the Brazilian Team.
At the
2023 Pan American Games
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, Santos obtained the bronze medal in the 100 kg category.
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2002 births
Living people
Brazilian male judoka
21st-century Brazilian sportspeople
Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Sportspeople from Pernambuco
Pan American Games medalists in judo