Lúcia Teixeira

Lucia Teixeira
Taking silver in Rio
Personal information
Full nameLúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo
Born (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 43)
São Paulo, Brazil[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara judo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
Paralympic GamesSilver (2016, 2020)
Medal record
Women's para judo
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
IBSA World Championships and Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Colorado ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul ‍–‍57 kg
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF64999
JudoInside.com116366
Updated on 21 March 2024

Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo (born 17 June 1981) is a Brazilian female visually impaired judoka (disability class B2) competing in the ‍–‍57 kg division. Teixeira took a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics[2] and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016, she was defeated by Inna Cherniak of Ukraine who took the gold medal.[3] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Life

In 2015, she was one of three Paralympic athletes who took part in a popular video that was intended to introduce Brazilians to the paralympics as a spectator sport. The video was shot with hidden cameras, and it records the reactions of spectators as the three paralympians as they enter three gyms as disabled people and they then impress observers with their abilities. The video attracted million of viewers and acquaintances who never recognised her as a silver medalist from London.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo". cbdv.org.br. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rio 2016 hidden-camera video goes viral". Paralympic.org. 19 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ Lúcia Teixeira é prata, a primeira medalha do judô do Brasil na Paralimpíada Archived 29 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine, O Globo, Retrieved 10 September 2016
  4. ^ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Azerbaijan wins three golds on second day of judo at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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