Rogério Sampaio Cardoso (born 12 September 1967 in Santos) is a Brazilian

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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the

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."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Judo"
(Retrieved on 28 February 2008) He dedicated his medal to his brother Ricardo, who fought in the

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and committed suicide in 1991 after a love disappointment. Sampaio started at judo when he was four, since his mom thought he was restless and needed more discipline. After the Olympics, he won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Judo Championships. But then injuries hurt his career, making him miss both the 1995 Pan American Games and the

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, in which he went only to coach Danielle Zangrando and as a TV commentator. He retired from international competition in 1998. After retirement, Sampaio runs a dojo in Santos, from which Olympic medalist Leandro Guilheiro originated, and acts as TV commentator. He also coached the Brazilian women's judo team at the 2001 Universiade (fellow Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel coached the masculine).Interview with Sampaio

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Rogerio Sampaio is the actual General Secretary of the National Antidoping Agency of Brazil.

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* * * * 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Santos, São Paulo Martial artists from São Paulo (state) Olympic judoka for Brazil Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in judo Brazilian male judoka Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-Olympic-medalist-stub