Taciana Rezende de Cesar Baldé[1] (née Lima) (born 12 December 1988) is a judoka.[2] Born in Brazil to a Bissau-Guinean father,[3] she represented her country of birth before pledging her international allegiance to Guinea-Bissau. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 48 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg[4] She was the flag bearer for Guinea-Bissau during the closing ceremony.[5]

Taciana Cesar
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Bissau-Guinean
Born (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)
Olinda, Brazil
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryBrazil (until 2012)
Guinea-Bissau (since 2013)
SportJudo
Weight class–48 kg, –52 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Brazil Brazil
Pan American Judo Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara –48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Abu Dhabi –48 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Jeju –48 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Acapulco –44 kg
Representing  Guinea-Bissau
African Judo Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Maputo –48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Port-Louis –48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Libreville –48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tunis –48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Antananarivo –48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cape Town –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Antananarivo –52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tyumen –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Abu Dhabi –48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tbilisi –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Samsun –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Samsun –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Budapest –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 The Hague –48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF12695, 2535
JudoInside.com10003
Updated on 16 February 2022.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Taciana Lima". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Judo CESAR Taciana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Judoca que trocou Brasil pela Guiné-Bissau entre os melhores do mundo". Deutsche Welle.
  4. ^ "Taciana Lima". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's 52 kg". 2019 World Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for   Guinea-Bissau
Tokyo 2020
with
Augusto Midana
Succeeded by
Incumbent