Luiz Virgilio "Virgulino" Castro de Moura (Rio de Janeiro, August 23, 1952)[1][2] is a retired Brazilian judoka. He was a seven time national champion and represented Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1981 World Judo Championships.[3] He is considered one of the most renowned Brazilian judokas in the 1980s.[4][5]
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Representing  Brazil
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| World Veterans Championships | ||
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2014 Málaga | +100 kg |
Biography edit
A trainee under Georges Mehdi, Castro competed many years while served in Brazilian military.[6] He amassed a number of championship wins both in and outside Brazil, winning seven times the national championship at the weigh categories of médio and meio-pessado.[7] Eventually he was elected for the Brazilian Olympic team and represented the country at 1980 in Moscow, where he had a victory over Tsancho Atanasov and a loss to Jean-Luc Rougé. He would compete at the World Championships in Maastricht the next year, losing to the legendary Yasuhiro Yamashita. He then retired and opened a judo academy, closing shortly after in order to become a businessman.[6] In 2014, he returned for the World Veterans Championships, placing third.[2] He is uncle to fellow judo champion David Moura.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Luis Virgilio Moura". Judoinside. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Luiz Virgilio Castro de Moura". Alljudo.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Luiz Moura". Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Dos Mitos do Judo Carioca". Judorio (in Portuguese). August 2, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Everton Monteiro, Spirit of JUDO #07
- ^ a b Katia Rubio (2015). Atletas olímpicos brasileiros (in Portuguese). Editora SESI. ISBN 978-85-504128-0-1.
- ^ "Histórico do judô no rio de janeiro". Psicod (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Criado no tatame, futuro papai David festeja prata e projeta vitória sobre Riner