Eduardo Santos (born 22 April 1983 in
São Paulo
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) is a Brazilian
judoka
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, who played for the middleweight category. He won the bronze medal for his category at the
2010 South American Games
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in
Medellín, Colombia.
Santos represented
Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's middleweight class (90 kg). He reached only into the quarterfinal round, where he lost to France's Yves-Matthieu Dafreville, who was able to score an
ippon before the match stopped in the fifth minute. Santos offered another shot for the bronze medal through the repechage bout; however, he finished only in seventh place, losing to Switzerland's
Sergei Aschwanden
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by a superiority decision from the judges.
References
External links
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Profile – UOL Esporte
Living people
Olympic judoka for Brazil
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Martial artists from São Paulo
1983 births
Brazilian male judoka
South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
South American Games medalists in judo
Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
20th-century Brazilian people
21st-century Brazilian people
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