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Brazil’s Larissa Pimenta Wins Bronze in Women’s 52kg Judo Event a 2024 Paris Games

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2024 Paris GamesLarissa 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.

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

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

She previously represented Brazil at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Silva Wins Second Consecutive Bronze Medal in Judo at the 2016 Rio Games

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2016 Rio Games

Make that two Olympic bronze medals for Rafael Silva…

The 29-year-old Brazilian judoka defeated Abdullo Tangriev of Uzbekistan in the Bronze Medal Bout A of the Men’s >100 kg judo competition at the 2016 Rio Games.

Rafael Silva

Silva had previously become Brazil’s first Olympic medalist in the judo heavyweight division (>100 kg) back at the 2012 London Games, taking home the bronze medal.

Silva won the Pan American Judo Championships in 2012–2014 and 2016.