Brazil’s Willian Lima Earns Silver Medal in Men’s 66kg Judo Event at 2024 Paris Games

2024 Paris GamesWillian Lima has claimed his first Olympic medal…

The 24-year-old Brazilian judoka lost to Japan’s Hifumi Abe in the final of the Men’s 66kg judo competition inside the Champ-de-Mars Arena at the 2024 Paris Games, settling for the silver medal.

Willian LimaIt’s Brazil’s first silver medal of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

It was Abe’s second straight gold medal in the 66kg judo category at the Olympics. 

Willian Lima Lima became a two-time champion at the Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, after obtaining the gold medal in 2024.

The bronze medals went to Gusman Kyrgyzbayev of Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru of Moldova.