Maria Portela

Maria de Lourdes Mazzoleni Portela (born 14 January 1988) is a Brazilian middleweight judoka. She won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[2][3] At the 2012 Olympics, she lost her first match to Yuri Alvear.[3] At the 2016 Games, she beat Assmaa Niang in the first round, before losing to Bernadette Graf in the second.[4]

Maria Portela
Portela in 2016
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988
Júlio de Castilhos, Brazil
OccupationJudoka
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg
ClubSogipa
Coached byAntônio Carlos Pereira
Achievements and titles
World Champ.7th (2013, 2017, 2021)
Pan American Champ. (2012, 2020)
Olympic GamesR16 (2016, 2020)
Profile at external databases
IJF440
JudoInside.com48728
Updated on 2 April 2022.

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5] The following year, Portela represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] She competed in the women's 70 kg event,[7] being controversially eliminated in the second round against Madina Taimazova, in a ten minute golden score overtime where one hit that would have given Portela a win was dismissed by the referees,[8] and also was part of the mixed team competition.[9]

References

  1. Maria Portela. cob.org.br
  2. Maria Portela. judoinside.com
  3. "Maria Portela Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. "Women -70 kg". 2016-08-31. Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2017-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Berkeley, Geoff (21 November 2020). "Brazil rack up eight medals on day two of Pan American Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  7. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. Saiba por que a arbitragem não deu wazari para Maria Portela
  9. "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Mixed team Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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