Vinícius Figueira (born 15 April 1991) is a Brazilian

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

ka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the

2018 World Karate Championships The 2018 World Karate Championships were the 24th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 11, 2018. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 1117 athletes from ...

held in Madrid, Spain.

Career

In 2014, Figueira won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event at the

World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...

held in Bremen, Germany. At the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event. In March 2020, Figueira was scheduled to represent Brazil at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan in karate. This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification. In June 2021, he failed to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Figueira won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...

held in Birmingham, United States.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Figueira, Vinícius Living people 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) Brazilian male karateka Pan American Games medalists in karate Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Karateka at the 2019 Pan American Games Karateka at the 2023 Pan American Games South American Games medalists in karate South American Games silver medalists for Brazil Competitors at the 2018 South American Games World Games medalists in karate World Games gold medalists for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Medalists at the 2022 World Games