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Mayra Aguiar

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Aguiar and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Mayra Aguiar da Silva (born August 3 1991) is a Brazilian judoka.[1] She was a bronze medallist in three consecutive Olympics, 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is also three-time world champion (2014, 2017 & 2022). She is the first Brazilian woman to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport, being the best female judoka in the history of Brazil.

Mayra Aguiar
Aguiar at the 2020 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMayra Aguiar da Silva
Born (1991-08-03) 3 August 1991 (age 33)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
OccupationJudoka
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Websitewww.mayraaguiar.com.br
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
ClubSogipa
Brazilian Judo Confederation
Coached byAntônio Carlos Pereira "Kiko"
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2012, 2016, 2020)
World Champ.Gold (2014, 2017, 2022)
Pan American Champ. (2008, 2010, 2012,
( 2013, 2015, 2019,
( 2022, 2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Rio de Janeiro Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Miami ‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 San Salvador ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Montreal ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 San José ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Edmonton ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Montreal ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Havana ‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2012 Almaty ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tyumen ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tyumen ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Moscow ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Agadir ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Bangkok ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Santo Domingo ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 3 December 2023

Aguiar was born in Porto Alegre and began judo training when she was young.

Aguiar trains under Kiko (Antônio Carlos Pereira) in a group with João Derly in SOGIPA.[2] Derly and Camilo are also her sporting idols.[3]

Career

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2006–2008

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At 15 years old, he won a bronze at the 2006 World Judo Juniors Championships.[4]

At the 2007 Pan American Judo Championships, she won a silver medal.[5]

When she was still 15 years old, she competed at 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and won a silver medal, losing in the final to future UFC champion Ronda Rousey.[6][7]

At the 2008 Pan American Judo Championships held in Miami, she became champion of this competition for the first time, obtaining the gold medal.[8]

2008 Summer Olympics

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In 2008, Aguiar competed at Olympic Games in Beijing but lost her only match with Spanish judoka Leire Iglesias.[9]

After the 2008 Summer Olympics

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At the 2008 World Judo Juniors Championships, she won a silver medal.[10]

In December 2008, Aguiar suffered a serious injury to her right knee. She was unable to perform any judo training for almost ten months, coming back only in September 2009.[11]

2009–2012

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Aguiar in 2010.

After spending ten months away from the mat due to knee surgery, in October 2009, Aguiar won the bronze medal in the 78 kg category at the 2009 World Judo Juniors Championships in Paris.[12]

In 2010, after the injury, Aguiar changed category from middleweight to half-heavyweight[13] and won a gold medal at 2010 Pan American Championships in El Salvador. At the 2010 Judo Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro (Grand Slam is the tournament that gives the most points in the judo ranking after the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the World Masters), she defeated the French number 1 in the ‍–‍78 kg category, Celine Lebrun, and reached the bronze medal.[14] In September of that same year, she participated at the 2010 World Championships and lost the final to Kayla Harrison from the United States, receiving the silver medal.[15] By winning gold at the 2010 World Judo Juniors Championships in Agadir, Mayra became the athlete with the most medals in the competition of all time.[16]

At the 2011 Judo Grand Slam Paris, Aguiar won a bronze medal.[17] At the 2011 Pan American Judo Championships she won a silver medal.[18] At the 2011 Judo Grand Slam Moscow, Aguiar won a bronze medal.[19] She won gold at the 2011 Judo Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro defeating Kayla Harrison.[20] At the 2011 World Judo Championships, Aguiar won the bronze medal. She was only defeated in the semifinals by world No. 1, Japanese Akari Ogata.[21] At the age of 20, at the 2011 Pan American Games, she faced, in her second fight, the American Kayla Harrison, the main candidate for gold, losing but later obtaining the bronze medal in the competition.[22] She ended the year by obtaining a bronze medal in the 2011 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo.[23]

At the beginning of 2012, she won her first title in World Masters (the second most important competition on the judo circuit after the World Championships). At the age of 20, she won the gold medal at the 2012 Judo World Masters held in Almaty.[24] After winning the 2012 Judo Grand Slam Paris, she took first place in the world rankings in the under-78 kg category. It was the first time that a Brazilian woman topped the ranking created by the IJF in 2009.[25] She became three-time champion of the Pan American Judo Championship, at the 2012 Pan American Judo Championships in Montreal.[26]

2012 Summer Olympics

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In 2012, Aguiar won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning three matches by ippon. Her only defeat was again to Harrison, who won the semifinal on the way to a gold medal.[27]

2013–2016

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Aguiar in 2013.

Mayra won gold again at the 2013 Pan American Judo Championships, becoming four-time champion.[28] In 2013, Aguiar obtained another Masters gold by winning the 2013 Judo World Masters in Tyumen. With this, she was once again number 1 in the world rankings.[29] At the 2013 Judo Grand Slam Moscow, she won a silver medal.[30] At the 2013 World Judo Championships, held in Rio de Janeiro, she obtained a bronze in her ‍–‍78 kg category and a silver with the Brazilian women's team.[31][32]

After the 2013 World Championships, she only returned to competition in July 2014, at the 2014 Judo Grand Slam Tyumen, where she won four matches and secured the gold medal, defeating her rival Kayla Harrison.[33] Aguiar became world champion for the first time in 2014, defeating the French Audrey Tcheuméo in the final.[34]

Aguiar didn't fight for 8 months after winning the world title, until she entered the 2015 Pan American Judo Championships and became five-time champion of the tournament.[35] At the 2015 Pan American Games, she won a silver medal.[36] In November, she also won the silver medal at the 2015 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi.[37]

In February 2016, Aguiar won the gold medal at the 2016 Judo Grand Slam Paris, becoming two-time champion of this tournament and defeating the American Kayla Harrison, her biggest rival in the category, by ippon in the final. It was the second time she won the French Grand Slam defeating Harrison. At this point, she had the advantage in retrospect against Harrison (eight victories in 15 clashes).[38] At the 2016 Pan American Judo Championships in Havana, in a new final Aguiar x Harrison, the American tied the match between the two, leaving Aguiar with the silver.[39] In the final of the ‍–‍78 kg category of the 2016 Judo World Masters, the 17th duel between Aguiar and Harrison took place, where the American applied an armbar (juji-gatame) in the final minute, winning the fight. Aguiar won the silver medal, her third Masters medal.[40]

2016 Summer Olympics

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Aguiar in the bronze medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

With Brazil hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics and Aguiar's recent triumphs, she was the favorite to win the gold.[41] A difficult semi-final against Tcheuméo, where Aguiar was kept scoreless and was defeated on penalties, sent her again to the bronze match, which Aguiar won, giving her a second Olympic medal.[42][43]

2017–2021

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Aguiar at the 2018 World Judo Championships.

After the 2016 Olympic Games, Mayra took a period of time to rest and focus on training. She returned in June 2017, winning the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Cancún in Mexico. In her second competition of the year, the 2017 World Judo Championships, she defeated two Japanese in a row to become two-time world champion.[44] This year, she also won bronze in the 2017 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi.[45]

In March 2018, she had reached the podium in the two competitions she had competed in that year: in February, she took silver at the 2018 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf, and in March, she took bronze at the 2018 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg, occupying second place in the world rankings at that time.[46] When she won silver in the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Hohhot, she was already the leader of the world rankings again.[47] In 2018 she even won silver in the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Cancún.[48]

In 2019, Aguiar won gold at the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf and silver at the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg.[49][50] At the 2019 Pan American Judo Championships, she became six-time champion of the tournament.[51] She was champion of the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Budapest in July.[52] When she was leader of the world rankings in the ‍–‍78 kg category, Aguiar, aged 28, won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games, at the 2019 Pan American Games, in Lima, Peru.[53] And at the 2019 Judo World Championships, Aguiar won the bronze medal, the Brazilian's sixth medal at the world championships. With this, Aguiar isolates herself as the greatest Brazilian female medalist in the history of the world championships.[54]

In early 2020, Aguiar won a silver medal at the 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf.[55]

2020 Summer Olympics

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Aguiar celebrating her third Olympic bronze medal, won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In 2021, Aguiar won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[56]

2022–2024

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After the return of world sports competitions, Mayra achieved great results in 2022. In April, at 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships, she became seven-time champion of the tournament.[57] She obtained the silver of the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in june,[58] the bronze of the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest[59] and the bronze of the 2022 Judo Grand Prix Zagreb, in july.[60] In October 2022, she made history by becoming the first Brazilian three-time judo world champion, at the 2022 World Judo Championships. In the quarter-finals, she defeated German Alina Boehm, current European champion. In the semifinals, she defeated Hamada Shori, the current Olympic champion, by ippon. The gold was won against Chinese Zhenzhao Ma.[61] And, at the end of the year, when she was 2nd in the world rankings in her category, she won a bronze in the 2022 Judo World Masters in Jerusalem, thus returning to the lead in the world rankings.[62][63]

After the 2022 Masters, Aguiar was away from competition for nine months, to rest and treat minor injuries. She returned in September 2023, at the Pan American Judo Championship. At the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships, held in Calgary, Canada, she became eight-time champion of the competition.[64][65] Still in September, she was a bronze medalist at the 2023 Judo Grand Slam Baku,[66] and in December, she secured an unprecedented gold for Brazilian judo by winning the 2023 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo. The only Brazilian champion in Japan until then was Sergio Pessoa, who won the Jigoro Kano Cup in 1986, in a different format than the current one.[67]

Achievements

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Aguiar with her bronze medal obtained at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Year Tournament Place Weight class
2007 Pan American Games 2nd Middleweight (−70 kg)
2008 Olympic Games 20th Middleweight (−70 kg)
2010 Pan American Championships 1st Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2010 World Championships 2nd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2011 Pan American Championships 2nd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2012 Olympic Games 3rd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2016 Olympic Games 3rd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2017 World Championships 1st Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2019 Pan American Championships 1st Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2019 World Championships 3rd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2019 Pan American Games 1st Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2021 Olympic Games 3rd Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2022 World Championships 1st Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)

References

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  1. ^ "Mayra Aguiar - Judo - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Home". sogipa.com.
  3. ^ http://www.portaldojudo.com/?p=455[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Brasil conquista o segundo bronze no Mundial Júnior
  5. ^ 2007 Pan American Championhips
  6. ^ Mayra fica com a prata no Pan do Rio
  7. ^ Mayra Aguiar perde para norte-americana e fica com a prata
  8. ^ Mayra Aguiar é hexacampeã do Pan de Judô
  9. ^ Leire Iglesias at Sports Reference
  10. ^ Judocas conquistam prata e bronze no Mundial Júnior
  11. ^ "Mayra Aguiar conquista o bronze no Mundial Júnior em Paris - 25/10/2009 - UOL Esporte - Judô".
  12. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista o bronze no Mundial Júnior em Paris
  13. ^ "Mayra Aguiar supera lesão e volta aos bons resultados: 'Bateu desespero'".
  14. ^ Mayra conquista o bronze no Grand Slam do Rio
  15. ^ http://www.lancenet.com.br/noticias/10-09-09/823369.stm[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ Mayra Aguiar faz história ao conquistar ouro no Mundial Sub-20
  17. ^ Tiago Camilo é prata, e Mayra Aguiar leva bronze no Grand Slam de Paris
  18. ^ 2011 Pan American Judo Championships
  19. ^ Mayra Aguiar é bronze no Grand Slam de Moscou
  20. ^ Ouro no Grand Slam do Rio, Mayra Aguiar celebra vitória no 'clássico' com Kayla Harrison
  21. ^ Mayra Aguiar é bronze no Mundial
  22. ^ Mayra Aguiar resolve luta em apenas 28 segundos e é bronze no judô
  23. ^ Brasil conquista mais dois bronzes e termina Grand Slam de judô de Tóquio com 4 medalhas
  24. ^ Mayra Aguiar vence por ippon e leva ouro no Masters de judô do Cazaquistão
  25. ^ Após ouro em Paris, Mayra é 1ª brasileira líder do ranking mundial de judô
  26. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista o bronze no judô
  27. ^ "Abril em Londres : Após cair na semifinal, judoca Mayra Aguiar é bronze". www.abrilemlondres.com.br. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  28. ^ Brasil conquista oito ouros e é campeão do Pan-americano-2013 de judô
  29. ^ Mayra Aguiar volta à liderança do ranking mundial
  30. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista a prata no Grand Slam de Moscou
  31. ^ Agressiva, Mayra Aguiar se impõe e conquista o bronze no Mundial do Rio
  32. ^ Seleção feminina fica com prata inédita por equipes no Mundial de Judô
  33. ^ Com cinco ouros, Brasil faz sua melhor participação em etapa do Grand Slam de judô
  34. ^ Mayra Aguiar é campeã mundial e quebra sequência de quase
  35. ^ De volta, Mayra bate rival e leva penta do Pan em dia de 9 medalhas do Brasil
  36. ^ Jejum continua! Mayra perde mais uma para algoz e é prata
  37. ^ Judô: Mayra Aguiar perde para holandesa e é vice-campeã em Abu Dhabi
  38. ^ Mayra Aguiar derrota a maior rival e leva o ouro no Grand Slam de Paris
  39. ^ Baby supera David e é ouro em Cuba; Mayra é prata em novo duelo com rival
  40. ^ Mayra sofre chave de braço de campeã olímpica e é prata no Masters
  41. ^ "Judo field more wide-open than ever at Rio Games".
  42. ^ "Legendary Kayla Harrison double Olympic champion".
  43. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics: The U.S. dominates Rio Games with 121 medals - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times.
  44. ^ Mayra Aguiar é bicampeã mundial de judô e iguala feito de João Derly
  45. ^ Com mais três bronzes, Brasil encerra Grand Slam de judô de Abu Dhabi com sete pódios
  46. ^ Do choro à glória, Mayra Aguiar usa 2017 como motor para o tri mundial
  47. ^ Brasil conquista quatro medalhas no último dia do Grand Prix de Hohhot, na China
  48. ^ Mayra e Maria Suelen são prata, e Brasil fecha o Grand Prix de Cancún com 11 medalhas
  49. ^ Mayra atropela rivais, fatura o ouro e Brasil fica em segundo no geral em Dusseldorf
  50. ^ Brasil conquista seis medalhas no Grand Slam de judô em Ecaterimburgo
  51. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista o hexa no Pan-Americano de Judô
  52. ^ Mayra Aguiar é ouro no GP de Budapeste, e Brasil termina em 2º lugar no quadro de medalhas
  53. ^ Mayra Aguiar desbanca rival cubana e conquista primeiro ouro no Jogos Pan-Americanos
  54. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista o bronze no Japão e chega à sua sexta medalha em mundiais de judô
  55. ^ Mayra é prata e Rafael Silva fica com o bronze no último dia do Grand Slam de Düsseldorf
  56. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  57. ^ Mayra Aguiar garante hepta, e Brasil soma 16 medalhas no Pan de Judô
  58. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista a prata no Grand Slam da Geórgia de judô
  59. ^ Mayra Aguiar é bronze e Brasil fecha com 3 pódios na Hungria
  60. ^ Macedo é prata e Mayra fatura bronze no último dia do Grand Prix de Zagreb
  61. ^ Mayra Aguiar se torna 1ª brasileira tricampeã mundial de judô
  62. ^ Mayra Aguiar e Rafael Macedo são bronze no World Masters de Judô
  63. ^ Mayra Aguiar assume a liderança do ranking mundial de judô
  64. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista oitavo título pan-americano
  65. ^ Após nove meses afastada das competições, Mayra Aguiar retorna aos tatames no Campeonato Pan-Americano
  66. ^ Judô: Mayra Aguiar conquista medalha de bronze no Grand Slam de Baku
  67. ^ Mayra Aguiar conquista ouro no Grand Slam de Tóquio de judô
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