Larissa Pimenta is official an Olympic medalist…

The 25-year-old Brazilian judo practitioner defeated Italy’s Odette Giuffrada in the women’s 52kg judo event at the 2024 Paris Games to claim the bronze medal, the first medal of the 2024 Summer Olympics for Brazil.

Uzbekistan’s Diyora Keldiyorova defeated Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo to claim the gold. The second bronze of the competition went to Amandine Buchard of France.

Pimenta is a five-time gold medalist in her event at the Pan American Judo Championships.

She previously represented Brazil at the 2020 Tokyo Games.