Vânia Yukie Ishii (バニア・ユキエ・イシイ, born August 19, 1973, in

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) is a female

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ka from

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, daughter of Chiaki Ishii who won the bronze medal at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

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. Vânia Yukie Ishii won the gold medal in the half middleweight division (– 63 kg) at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in

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in Sydney, Australia.

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Vânia Ishii - JudoInside.com
1973 births Living people Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic judoka of Brazil Brazilian people of Japanese descent Sportspeople from São Paulo Brazilian female judoka Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in judo Goodwill Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{brazil-judo-bio-stub