Leandro Guilheiro
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Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born August 7, 1983) is a Brazilian male
judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
ka. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight (<73 kg) division at the
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. He became the first Brazilian judoka to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. Guilheiro plays a classical style of judo fighting in an upright stance and using techniques such as uchi mata, ippon seoi nage, morate seoi nage and o soto gari. He has done modeling work in Brazil.2004 Olympics profile
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* 1983 births Living people People from Suzano Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic judoka of Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazilian male judoka Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-judo-bio-stub