Mayra Aguiar da Silva (born August 3 1991) is a Brazilian

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. She was a bronze medallist in three consecutive Olympics,

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and

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. She is also three-time world champion (

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). She is the first Brazilian woman to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport.

Bio

Mayra was born in

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and began judo training when she was young. She trains under Kiko ( Antônio Carlos Pereira) in a group with

João Derly João Derly de Oliveira Nunes Jr. (born June 2, 1981 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a former male judo player from Brazil, the only Brazilian to ever become a two-time world champion (along with Mayra Aguiar), winning consecutively the ...

Tiago Camilo Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo (born 24 May 1982) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight (−73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships, and was ...

and others in SOGIPA. Derly and Camilo are also her sporting idols. In December 2008, she suffered a serious injury to her right knee. She was unable to perform any judo training for almost ten months, coming back only in September 2009.

Judo

She is one of the most talented Brazilian judokas in history. When she was 16 years old, she competed at

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and won a silver medal. In 2008, she competed at

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but lost her only match with Spanish judoka Leire Iglesias. In 2009, she missed the whole season because of a knee injury. In 2010, after an injury, Mayra changed category from middleweight to half-heavyweight and won a gold medal at

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. In September of that same year, she participated at the

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and lost the final to

Kayla Harrison Kayla Jean Harrison (born July 2, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former Olympic and world champion judoka, currently signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Harrison competed in the weight category in jud ...

from the United States, receiving the silver medal. In 2012, Aguiar won the bronze medal at the

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, winning three matches by

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. Her only defeat was again to Harrison, who won the semifinal on the way to a gold medal. Aguiar became the world champion in

, defeating the French Audrey Tcheuméo in the final. With Brazil hosting the

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and Aguiar's recent triumphs, she was the favorite to win the gold. A difficult semifinal against Tcheuméo, where Aguiar was kept scoreless and was defeated on penalties, sent her again to the bronze match, which Aguiar won, giving her a second Olympic medal. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78 kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

Achievements

2010 World Judo Championships - Mayra Aguiar (cropped)

References

External links

Official website
(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguiar, Mayra 1991 births Living people Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in judo Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic judoka of Brazil Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Brazilian female judoka Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games World judo champions Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Porto Alegre 21st-century Brazilian women