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]
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| Born | 17 June 1981 São Paulo, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic Games |  (2016, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 64999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 116366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 March 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo. cbdv.org.br
- ^ a b Rio 2016 hidden-camera video goes viral, 19 September 2015, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 9 September 2016
- ^ Lúcia Teixeira é prata, a primeira medalha do judô do Brasil na Paralimpíada, O Globo, Retrieved 10 September 2016
- ^ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Azerbaijan wins three golds on second day of judo at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Lúcia Teixeira at Wikimedia Commons
- Lúcia Teixeira at the International Judo Federation
- Lúcia Teixeira at JudoInside.com
- Lúcia Teixeira at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Lúcia Teixeira at Paralympic.org
- Lúcia Teixeira at The-Sports.org
- Lúcia Teixeira on Instagram
