Sérgio Pessoa (born 3 September 1988, in
São Paulo,
Brazil) is a Brazilian-born Canadian judoka who competes in the men's 60 kg category.
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Career
At the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he was defeated in the second round. He finished 5th at the 2015 Pan American Games
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Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...
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Since the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Sergio underwent two major knee surgeries, from which many thought he would never recover. In 2014, he finally made it back to the tatami with his eye on the 2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio.
In June 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.
Honours
In 2012 Pessoa was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Personal life
His father
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Computing
* Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong graphics card company
* Honeywell Information Systems
* Hybrid intelligent system
* Microsoft Host Integration Server
Education
* Hangzhou International School, in ...
, also named Sergio competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in the same weight class he competes in (60 kg) and finished in ninth. His family moved from São Paulo to Kedgwick, New Brunswick
Kedgwick is a Canadian incorporated rural community in northern New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Kedgwick annexed a large area including the local service districts of St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval and White's Brook, with parts of two ...
in 2005 when his dad got a job coaching judo. His father had originally worked as a stock broker but wanted his sons to have a better life and a better education in Canada.
See also
* Judo in Quebec
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Quebec since 1946.
History
Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
* Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
* List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
External links
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Canadian male judoka
Living people
Olympic judoka of Canada
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games
1988 births
Brazilian emigrants to Canada
Pan American Games medalists in judo
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from São Paulo
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