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Danielli Yuri

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Danielli Yuri
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro - 63 kg
Pan American Judo Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Montreal - 63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Buenos Aires - 63 kg

Danielli Yuri-Barbosa (born January 3, 1984) is a judoka from Brazil.

Biography

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Yuri-Barbosa was born in Registro, São Paulo, but she lives in São Caetano do Sul.

She began with judo in Japan. When she was little her family moved to Japan to make some money. Her father worked there in factories and when they came back to Brazil he opened a judo school.[1]

Yuri likes to be with her family, she likes reading, watching movies. Her favorite actor is Samuel L. Jackson. She can't to say "no" when somebody asked her for a favor and during matches she uses same hairgrip.[2]

Before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Brazilian Judo Federation was unsure who would represent Brazil in half-middleweight. They hesitated between mature Vânia Ishii and young Yuri, but Yuri was chosen.

Judo

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At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was eliminated in the first round by Korean Kong Ja-young. It was an aggressive match where Yuri was leading by wazari but two minutes before the end she made a mistake and Kong won by ippon.[3]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Place Weight class
2007 Pan American Games 2nd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Pan American Judo Championships 2nd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Olympic Games 18th Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2009 Pan American Judo Championships 2nd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)

References

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  1. ^ "Danielli Yuri: Judô - UOL Esporte".
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Danielli Barbosa at Sports Reference
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